[Action/Late forever sob]
[He knows what they are, in a detached manner. He can tell you where the fossils were first found, he can tell you that the leading theories say they looked nothing like this, he can tell you that someone's been watching too much Jurassic Park. But that's not helpful, is it?
He's slowed down, he's hampered--it's like his wings are clipped--but Sano's still faster. Up, over, through the packs without stopping, fast enough to dodge them, fast enough to race throught the streets--
'Well, I guess it's not so bad to die serving you.'
--He grits his teeth. He remembers too well. But he won't let it stop him. He sees the young woman in the street, and comes down off the wall he'd been riding along.]