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A New Start in Seattle

Seattle, outskirts of the Redmond Barrens, 2000

Jacoby Newsom... no, Billiam now... stands on the dirty concrete, corroded by the acid rain common after the last volcano eruption, that made up an unofficial "bus stop" at the edge of Seattle. The last dirt and dust - mostly volcanic ash - thrown up by the turbines of the T-Bird that had landed earlier was finally settling again, and a light rain has set in. Behind him, the T-Bird is being serviced inside an old warehouse - a warehouse that is far less derelict inside than it looks from the outside. The end of a smuggler route from Denver to Seattle. The start of his new life.

To get him out of a sprawl that had suddenly become too hot, after a run that had turned too ugly, too bloody, that T-Bird Jammer had taken Billiam's last nuyen - at least the man thinks so. Magic is a wonderful gift. Raven would approve.

The city ahead of Billiam looks cold, it's lights half-hidden by the drizzling rain, the moon's light extinct by dark clouds. Suddenly, the cloud cover breaks, and Billiam catches a glimpse of a dark bird on an old crane nearby, staring at him, then cawing, and disappearing in the dark sky.

Raven approves.