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I lick my upper lip clean. Guess I haven't told Pine anything that means anything. Still it would be a fun place to ride, now that I have a ride. Pine is thinking with her gas-pedal foot though, not about food or floods. I look in my own cup in …
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I scoff at the green stuff story. "That hauler was pulling your leg. Now, the Red-Blue Deep Death near the North-most part of Big Open, that's real." I take a drink of the goat's milk I sweet-talked out of the bartender. It's the limit of what m…
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Pine won't notice when my jaw tightens and I force some air out through my nose. It's like I didn't remember how sore that shoulder was till she 'helped' me. I laugh when Cujo mentions Pine's tonsils - if that lines up with some part of Pine's s…
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::She's probably caught between places and keeping out of the rain, whatever else happened. Let's go.:: I scratch my head again. Politics. Yeah, I guess I have my own education in it. Who can do what to who and not suffer for it, mostly. Cujo …
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I'm still pressing an ear against the door listening for movement inside while I sign back. ::If he lied to us and sent us to look for her both, that's an insult Admiral can't afford, and he would not gain from it that I see.:: I peel my head off …
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I frown, but not at the grower lady, not exactly. "Hm." I walk away without anything else to her, motion to Cujo. ::Let's try her place first.:: I exit the door, look down, up, around. Whatever's there is just what I thought I'd see and I'm not…
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::Yes, first thing, though..:: I slide into the doorway, sharing it with Valentine easy-like. Not touching zir nor bumping zir tray. People, they expect me to be clumsy, I don't get why. "If Vignette comes back here, give her safety here." Then…
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It should be clear that this is serious for me. I'm sure I look tired and like I think some soaker here is up to no good. Mackerel will even tell his boss this kind of flood-headed talk? Maybe he only thinks he's seen Vignette and now he's thin…
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Just as I reach for the door whether or not Mackerel says it's cool, Valentine opens it. Where's zir hat? Well, my hair's down so who am I to talk? I give Mackerel a slow look that's sunshine wrapped around a brick. I block Cujo for a sec. ::Va…
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"Do you think we're stupid? That Vignette isn't here because'a spells? I'll believe it when I hear Admiral say it. And you can be scared of a door all you want, but I ain't got all night for this splash."
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I look at him careful, my face asking is he guarding on dope? "Vanished?" I say the word like it gives me a funny taste. I dunno as I do or don't believe him. ::Admiral all skittered over a..:: there's no sign for 'spell' ::..spooky to the doo…
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::This feels wrong, be cool:: I let Mackerel think I'm translating. It's an easy trick, to play off how hearing people think the dumb slop they say with their mouths is important. "No trouble. You need us to check weapons?" I stall on his questi…
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I grab an extra tarp just in case, a nice clean looking one, and catch up to Cujo. I take a deep breath and brace myself for the blood. You'd think I would be used to it by now, but it's always bad and I always hate it.
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We burn kero and candles and other oils made for it in lamps and stuff. We used to have strings of little twinkly lights but the batteries we used for that got et up in use for the bikes. Maybe another time. ::Take it, I'll come with if you want.…
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I hang it on my handlebars and then go to take care of some business. I might break into some of our kinda-used water, take a bath. Let her find it and get the hint, maybe. I get the glue out of my hair, first. Cujo's grown up, she can go look f…
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I finish my way down the stairs, start rummaging in my packs. I've got a hooded rain coat in here somewhere, right?
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I don't know how they do it. Cujo wakes up and yeah that's pretty normal. Me being up like this not so much. After a simple bit of eye contact between us I look out a window again. Not gonna stare at her leaving the pile. But something sets…
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There's always a watch of at least two of us. I can't even say if I like watches in an empty place or ones near people better. They're each of them their own problem. Usually I sleep near Laika, and of course Cujo. Laika gets cold easy and she s…
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I sit up and prop my pillows and my big bear behind me, set so I can look out a window. Belka is the last one to get a pillow from me. One of hers was getting pretty torn up so I got her a new one, long and stuffed with this soft stuff, you pres…
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I nod. ::I promise.:: I start to open the door, slow-like. In case she has more to say.
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::You're right. I don't fully know why I did. I know I don't regret pulling her in. And I know I'm not trying to scrog her.:: I let that settle in. ::I trust who you trust. She doesn't have to be in to keep coming here, either.:: But that's g…
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I pat one of her hands, soft, to get her attention back. ::Just like Shy, those are things she can learn if she wants. You may be right that this isn't the life for her but..:: I hold my hands together and think before signing more. ::..she needs…
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I take Cujo aside to talk, in the office where it's hard to look without looking like you're looking. Straight to the point, I sign ::Vignette. What do you think about letting her in?::
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"I'm okay." I want people to stop asking me that. "You hurry and stay dry. We'll see you another time." Gotta remember how close SafeCo is, and brellies are worth somethin' here. I hold up a fist for her. I turn back to the gang proper, get sto…
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I frown at the blood outside, my shoulders tighten at the lightning. "I'm not turning you out into the rain." I shift to be seen and sign ::I would not turn Vignette out into the blood, or this girl, even tonight. That would be a soaking rotten t…
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I lock eyes with Cujo, give her a look that says 'later'. Vignette being 'in' is a careful thing. I'd like to talk with Cujo about it. And I'd like Belka to not call Vignette a witch. Don't sit right with me. I spot the look of pent-up talk in …
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Storms rolling in always make my head and face hurt, like behind my nose and up. Every rain in Big Open was a flood. Every last one. I can't sleep when it rains, can't eat, can't keep my hands steady. I'm worried about Grindhouse, and Queen Anne…
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I glare at Millions, too. I feel like I learned everything I need to know about the man, and August might tell me more later. I am soaked through with tiredness, though, I signal us to the hideout. We'll take stock there, send anybody likely to g…
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My voice comes out soft. "That's not what we're doing, Zeus. Long as we got all of us together, we have all the time in the world." If this goes any way but right, that time will be now. I watch Hachiko come back to us. If I charged in and made…
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Five! Highway soakin' robbery, and I should know! But killing? I went wrong on the boy but..I try to catch August's eyes. Arrows ain't chips of barter, that's part of what makes us Arrows. August can handle herself with a man, but he has her fo…