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The Eschaton debacle — "One warhead hits Ingersoll in the…"

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One warhead hits Ingersoll in the neck and another solidly in the meat of the thigh. Ingersoll begins to limp around in small circles holding his neck, crying in that slow-motion shuddery way little kids have when they're crying more at the fact of being hurt than at the hurt itself.

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Eschaton's geography opens on the circular drive; once the game collapses into real violence, wounded Ingersoll limps in small circles. Injury makes orbits here — a recurring E.T.A. physics.

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