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"No, no" Geraki laughed "You’ll always be es for you"

"From who?"

"Who do you think?"

Justin shook his head "I honestly have no idea"

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I don’t suppose you’ll tell me his name yet? asked Justin Naturally, they didn’t They never did

"Nohis feet on the floor "The first olden apple but haven’t upheld your share of the bargain"

He’s right, said Horatio

We’ve been over this, Justin retorted, his eyes darting briefly to Mae I don’t have to fulfill any bargain I haven’t technically accepted the compensation

"Nor have you sube Once you embrace your role as a student, many of your questions will be answered"

Justin crossed his arhtly so that she still kept her body angled between him and Geraki Justin kept his face as blank as he could, refusing to show that the wordsin Panama I’ve learned just how "

Geraki held up two fingers "My other e is to yield your stars and flowers and accept the clever conus swiftly

You don’t even knohat the clever comprouments between them

It doesn’ther is out of the question

Not if it’s an order froain is void, argued Magnus

Geraki was still speaking about the clever compromise "You may not like it at first, but the consequences will be hile It may also knock some sense into you"

If that’s true, said Horatio, then we certainly shouldn’t discount it Weelse?" asked Justin, faking a yawn "Because I’ht And I’m sure you’re ready to return to your cell"

"It’s actually a very nice cell And we both knoon’t be staying there for long You’re lucky I think so well of you, or else I ed with unlawful harassain" It was one of the things he’d worked in his call with Internal Security: a restraining order

Geraki shook his head, turning absolutely serious--or, well,to be serious He was one of the more difficult people for Justin to read

"Dr March, if you believe nothing else, then believe me when I say I hold your loved ones as dear as my own You’re practically a brother to me, and I want to help you If I can ever do you a favor, you need only ask"

Justin held back from an eye roll "I’ve done fine without a brother, thanks" As he spoke, a strange thought occurred to him "Unless you knohat happened to Callista Xie or Nadia Menari"

Geraki’s face was guileless "Why would I know anything about them? Aren’t they illicit practitioners?"

Justin felt his pulse quicken Although he still favored the idea of a vengeful geneticist over an unholy cult, he was in no position to rule out the latter, especially with ti Callista as a link to the underground religions, but here was another link, right before his eyes--one clai to be cooperative

"You know about any illicit practitioners ood at keeping his expression neutral, but there was the faintest glimmer of surprise in his eyes He hadn’t expected that question Well Justin supposed he should be relieved that Geraki’s ruesoruesome murders Still, it would’ve been handy if his new "brother" could’ve delivered an easy answer to all of this

Justin straightened up and said to Mae, "Let’s go"

"Wait," said Geraki He studied Justin for several more heavy seconds "I don’t knohere Callista and Nadia are They cut themselves off from everyone I do knoever, that they talked a lot about enlightening those who still believed Nadia especially talked about returning to the devout She seemed to have soain scrutinizing Geraki for the truth Yet, one word had stood out: "returning"

Geraki smiled "I don’t really know any of this It’s all speculation, seeing as I have nothing to do with such groups"