Heiji shook his head and handed Sasuke one of the knives. "Can't let you take all the risk, right? Just stay outta the immediate line of sight. I got a bunch of that rotten meat, so I'll use that to attract one of them."

After checking that the white statue was still intact, he went over to the door and looked around, placing a piece or two of the meat in one of the hallway intersections. The faint clanking of robotic feet grew louder, but Heiji waited out of sight until the robot shambled past the small blind spot in which he was hiding.

There was an exposed area on its back, near the area of its waist, where he could clearly see a cluster of old wires. Heiji thrust the blade of the shovel into the junction, knocking the robot temporarily out of its normal balance. Then he ran, straight down to the Gallery, with the robot lurching after him. Its arms pinwheeled crazily through the air, probably a side effect of the damage to its wiring.

It clanged into the doorway, then surged after Heiji, who had assumed a defensive stance in front of the white statue.