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Jemima froze as the other girl turned around. For a moment it was like her sanity had cracked; like she was having an out-of-body experience and looking back at herself. This girl was so alike to her that it stretched the imagination to suppose that it was entirely coincidence, and Jemima chided herself that her first thought was the ridiculous idea that the invaders had some form of ‘clone’ technology that they were using to try to confuse her. But when the girl spoke so lucidly and plausibly, the entire question was left open.

“OK,” she said, lowering the gun but keeping it ready, “so you’re here hiding. From the soliders I suppose. That leaves the other question, which I wasn’t going to ask but since you brought it up...what are you doing in the village? Nobody except soldiers come in from the outside these days, and I can’t understand why anybody would want to.”