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You join Kate and search for somewhere to take cover on the lower slopes of Round Mountain, close to the freeway, and, after a few minutes of searching, you find a good position. It is a hollow surrounded by small boulders, which commands a clear view of both the bridge and the railroad beneath it.
Together you watch while Cutter, Avenal, and Rickenbacker walk along the line of parked vehicles, dousing them liberally with gasolene tapped by hose directly from the tanker. When the tank is near empty, Cutter orders everyone to clear the area. Rickenbacker and Avenal just make it to cover on the far side of the freeway when the first of the clan scouts appears in the distance, emerging from the approach road to Devil’s Canyon.
