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"Well, duh," Skarda said

"Everybody happy?" I asked "How ’bout you, Dad?"

The old man smiled at me He was a happy drunk I liked that

"Like I said, we don’t ize," I said "This is the only s I’ve seen you people do since I’ve been here"

"It’s just that David escaping the way he did, escaping with you so soon after he was caught by the police, and both of you showing up here, it’s such a coincidence"

"You have every reason to be cautious, although I doubt the cops would go to such extree Bandits"

"You think you’re soh with his height it wasroo his knees, his feet about ten inches apart, his hands locked behind his back and centered on the belt "If you’re such a ht?"

"I trusted a ht wasat Skarda when I spoke, and I saw his Adaulp, but that was probably just ination

"I’ to lose a lot of sleep over that"

"I’ from a kid anted to start a marijuana farm in the Superior National Forest," Roy said

"Claire liked the idea"

"Claire?" said Skarda "Claire hasn’t got the brains God gave an aardvark"

Jimmy turned and looked me in the eye as if he expected me to defend Claire, whoever she was Like I’ence of aardvarks