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Tetsuko behind bars...but not for long! I may incorporate this scene into a future story; it might go something like this:

When Tetsuko regained consciousness, the first thing she saw were the bars: thick bars of iron, or steel perhaps, stretching from floor to ceiling. What am I doing in jail? was her first thought. But as she looked around, she saw rough rock walls as one would see in a cave, rather than the bare smooth concrete walls of a legitimate corrections facility. So I'm a prisoner of those goons that knocked me out, she thought. Well, they don't know much about me if they think these bars are gonna hold me...

© 2006 David C. Matthews