The shock wave rapped at the window, startling several of the girls from 
sleep. Nell heard them murmuring to one
another in the bunk room. She wondered if she should go in and warn them that 
Pudong was cut off now, that the final assault of the Fists had commenced. But 
though she could not understand what they were saying, she could understand 
their tone of voice clearly enough: They were not surprised by this, nor 
unhappy.