Jade was awakened in the early morning hours to the sound of gunshots. 
She grabbed her blaster from under her pillow, tugged on her boots and
peered out around the doorway.  She saw many of the villagers being
shoved into a frightened group.

The people doing the shoving and shooting appeared to be the genetically
altered Neosapiens that Corth had told her of.  She glanced around and
her eyes fell almost immediately on what she was looking for- Ketzer.

He didn't hear her approaching him.  He didn't even realize she was