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"Or not?" Miranda’s eyes widened "Like a zo?"

"Theoretically, yes" Diana smiled "Hoould you do that? Tell if so afor a twist" Di winked at ht on

"Cool That’s a weird application, but easy enough" Miranda sat on the edge of the battered table I’d shoved up against one wall "Humans Like us" She smiled "Have a pretty constant body teht point six Someone dead wouldn’t have the same heat Maybe no heat at all if they’d been dead a while"

"And a cell phone could read body teular cell phone Instead it would have to be like the scopes on the guns police use on those TV cop shows Heat seeking devices Infrared probably Expensive I doubt the Austin cops have thean to jot down notes "Cool concept Yeah, it could be done" She tapped her teeth with her pen

"Night vision goggles use that kind of technology A hunterscope, he could do a job on night creatures But I can’t see why anyone would go out looking for the walking dead How creepy is that?" Diana made a face behind Miranda’s back

"Beyond creepy But a neat idea for our book" I kept my smile firmly in place "Thanks, Miranda You want to shop now or can I write out a fifty percent off coupon you can use later?"

"That’s it? That’s all you want?" Miranda’s eyes glealasses

"Well, Iat estate sales for soht person So I could use so the day"

"You rinned "Mystuff for her for years"

"So you’ve had experience Better and better If you want to do it for me instead of her"

"No problem She’s not really into the clothes I’d love to be your picker And you’d pay ? Moe and still going"

"Sure I’d pay you But if you’re a college professor--"

"Teaching assistant Slave wages while I work on my doctorate" She yawned "I’ fast Give ht So we can work out the details" I opened the door Valdez sat there with an accusing look I stepped around hiister I quickly wrote out a coupon while Miranda patted Valdez’s head

"What a sweet doggie" She ?" She reached in her pocket and pulled out a piece of ry?"

Valdez was too busy scarfing dohat looked to be a chocolate chip laden treat to answer Plus he knew better than to co more than a "woof" in front of ry" I handed her the coupon "Thanks, Miranda You were a big help and I look forward to working with you in the future We et further into the book"

"Sure" Miranda dug into her book bag "Here’sover her shoulder, cast a longing glance around the shop, then headed to the door "I’ll be back"

"Arnold Schwarzenegger she’s not Cute glasses though" Derek grabbed the sales book "I just sold a zoot suit Cha-ching" He turned to thebehind him

Diana pulled me back into the stockrooe our body tehed and sat on the table "We’re doomed Westwood’s a billionaire because he owns over a dozen high tech companies What if he decides to make and sell these vamp detectors? Every hunter on earth will be on us like white on rice"

"We need to think" Body temperature "I don’t even know ht drug store two blocks over" Diana juuy, uy, over there to pick up a thermometer" She put her hand on my cheek "You’re warm, sort of Feelthat when I was little One of the few caring gestures she’d ever made Of course if I dared have a fever, she’d dose ot from God knehere The cure was usually a lot worse than the illness It was a miracle children had survived at all back then And way too many of them hadn’t

"You feel just like me, Diana We should have felt Miranda But when I used to feed from mortals, I remember they felt really warm"

"Yes, their blood’s alht We didn’t have to erase her memory and she’ll be back if we need to ask her more questions" Diana opened the door and we headed back into the store "I’ll let you knohen I get the thermometer We’ll check the three of us, you, ure out a way to raise it" I picked up a Sharper I Lacy had left behind the counter "Battery operated heating pads Do they ?"