Keeping in the overgrown grass, dense bushes, and redwood trees on the edge of the road, she made her way quickly up the hill. In Tarclaver women were not encouraged to wear sneakers or hiking boots or to run, to use the gymnasium, the swimming pools or the softball field, but her black leather shoes fit her feet like gloves as she moved swifly through the woods.

She knew exactly how much time she had to reach the old stadium before the machines returned to the Northern Gate.