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"So to you," he said, his eyebrows striking a co step forward "But not here, in your place of work, with your friend lurking"

My brain schisoo that belched gagagagagaga over and over The other half latched onto the idea of "friend" in order to save ile sanity

"So what the hell did you do to Grizzie?" Ireally Just a little gla her"

There was that bloody word again, glauys last night You really gotta quit with the supernatural jargon, because none of it rinned and threw back his head to let loose a funny barking laugh that was not what I expected He was so sh to be more "smoky chuckle" than "tickled coyote" I sh made hiht," he said "Let’s start over A glamour is a little technique that we all use It’s kind of like a Jedi e people’s perception a bit, so they see or hear ant them to"

"So, when you told Grizzie that she had heard of you, she believed you"

"Exactly All we have to do is back up the suggestion, and the human does the rest It’s the nature of the huaps in its perception If it sees so that can’t actually be true, instead of doubting what it’s seen or heard, it will fill in a story to laued

He paused, considering his response "In rare circularin "We like to think of ourselves as far superior to huhly evolved brains want to fill in gaps, as well"

Imy bottom lip a little chew as I concentrated He didn’t interrupt me, just waited patiently, which I appreciated

"So, what do you need from me?" I asked, finally

"Oh, just so to do with Jakes’s murder, but I need to ask you about the circu the body Also, I was thinking that since you’re a native you can tellabout the murder Like, what they think happened and what information they have Finally, I want to hear about the ti, that sort of thing Or if anything strange happened in that tis around, besides Peter?"

"Oh, okay," I said, figuring he would want to get out of Rockabill as soon as possible So, once again, I ignoredfor me to lure Ryu behind the counter and knock hied dictionary in order to make him mine--and went ahead and started in on what he wanted to know "Well, as for finding the body, there isn’t reallyme He tried to look professional, but there was a quirk to his lips suggesting things that could only be filed, in a professional sense, under sexual harassment "Do youthe daytime, and I’es, by where Peter stayed, for a few days I’d like to get settled and clean up before we get to work"

I couldn’t really i any cleaner, nor did I really want to conteedhe was, he couldn’t sense ht have ave me a s and (b) he would see whatever my libido ponied up and raise it, fivefold

"Great I’ll pick you up at six tonight We can get so to eat and chat over dinner"

"Um, okay," I said, externally quite calht What the fuck a "You don’t knohere I live"

"Sure I do," he said, slyly

I thought about this for a minute "How do you know so much about me?"

"I’ve been briefed on the essentials by Nell"

"Um, okay," I , and that our dinner would turn into a hasty phone conversation once he knew my real story