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Dr. Rahim Xie urgently directs her to stay still while robots clear dangerous objects and stabilize the scene. As Shayla grapples with brain repair, she discovers her critical queen black bean samples are smashed, then suffers a further slip toward broken glass before Rahim intervenes. The chapter escalates into conflict, blame, and renewed urgency.","COEXISTENCE  \nPIPETTES & PLOWS 1  \nSHREE C. AIER  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCopyright © 2019 by Shree C. Aier  \nAll rights reserved.  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.  \nCover Design by Victoria Cooper  \nEdited by: Jessa Slade-Red Circle Ink and Chetan Prasad – Wonky Perspectives.  \nPublished by Windtree Press, Portland, Oregon by arrangement with Wonky Perspectives LLC  \nFor information about all books in the Obsidian Rim series go to:  \n[https://obsidianrim.com](https://obsidianrim.com)  \nCoexistence: Pipettes & Plows 1 / Shree C. Aier. --1st ed., Book 4 in the Obsidian Rim series  \nEbook ISBN: 978-1-950387-27-4  \nPrint ISBN: 978-1-950387-28-1  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nThis book is dedicated to:  \nChety, Mom, Amma, Ramu, and Srikara. I loveyou all. Thankyou for supporting me through the zillion and one changes and obstacles I’ve had  \nin my life.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \n1. The Disaster  \n2. The Investigation  \n3. Belaboring The Decision  \n4. The Break In  \n5. Recovery  \n6. The Pleasure Trojan  \n7. Committee Decisions  \n8. Two Birds With One Stone  \n9. Last Chance  \n10. Hauled Off Like Cargo  \n11. The First Day On The Ship  \n12. A Fight, A Truce  \n13. Frio  \n14. Deserta  \n15. The Mughara  \n16. The Rescue  \n17. Return to Frio  \n18. The Ice Harvesters  \n19. Destruction  \n20. Escape to Al’Amal  \n21. Confessions  \n22. Gomez Qilla  \n23. Downtime in Al’Amal  \n24. The New Revolution  \n25. A New Target Acknowledgments About the Author  \nBooks in the Obsidian Rim Series  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTHE DISASTER  \n“D  \non’t move an inch!” Dr. Rahim Xie yelled.  \nDr. ShaylaRam Gomez was on all fours, scrambling to get up  \nfrom the floor. A massive pile of metal and rubble surrounded her. One moment, she was working at her desk peering into a small microscope, and the next, the walls caved in. Dazed, Shayla tried to make sense of her surroundings.  \n“Do not move up or down,” he yelled again.  \n“Then what the freeze am I supposed to do?” she shouted back. Shayla was dangling one foot awkwardly, straining to keep still while the other foot and arms held her weight.  \n“Wait!” Rahim ran-walked toward her, dodging pointed metal shards, an upturned desk, and broken glass.  \n“What are you doing? Where are you?” She craned her neck to see what he was up to.  \n“Would you please wait? Everything is unsteady.” Rahim looked around for a few more moments and then said,“Okay, listen. There is a large metal beam protruding right behind you, and a concrete block that is precariously positioned on it. It looks like it may slip and fall on your head if you move too fast or jiggle anything.”  \n“Then do something about it!”  \nShe panicked. Brain repair took some time, and she was not about to wait for nanobots, or worse, the bot doctors, to fix her while her research  \ndwindled under Rahim.  \nThe concrete block was large and squatted toward one side of the metallic bar. Rahim grunted and tried his best to move the block to make it more stable. But the heavy lump did not budge even a nanometer. This action and effort only made him slip into a second pile of concrete bits. A few pieces of rubble fell on him and Shayla.  \n“Not you, you harami. Use your head. Get the bots in here!” Shayla growled.  \nAt that moment, the cleaning robots arrived in droves.  \nShayla said,“Bots, clear the metal beam behind me. But first, remove any loose concrete or cantilevered objects that may cause me harm.”  \nThe bots responded to her authoritative voice and removed the teetering beam and concrete from her vicinity. Nelson the bot, Shayla’s research assistant, lifted her out of the mess and plonked her with ease on the now dusty sofa. She bounced a little. 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