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"Fair enough," he said

And that was hoe leftwith the Fabulous Casiical arts, and the fact that Sinclair was really going to need a car to get around before winter and probably a part-time job to supplement his inco in a rooh it was cheap on account of the work he was doing to improve the place, and whether the deadline for dear Emmy’s ultimatum meant four weeks from today or the same date in October, because I really did want to be prepared Sinclair guessed it was the latter, but he wasn’t sure

When I left, Sinclair walkedbriefly on mine It was one of those indeter on what I wanted to make of it, and I wasn’t sure how I felt about it

I wasn’t sure how I felt about a lot of things

Which did not include the pebble that stung my ear as I walked towardht we had a truce!"

She darted out fro in hand "Who said aught about a truce, you whey-faced scullion?"

I winced "I assumed it"

A look of disdain flitted across the fairy’s face "You knohat they say, lackwit ‘Assuh in this instance," she added judiciously, "I’ll allow it’s merely you"

"Okay, look" I held up both hands, spreadinga truce Can we talk for a minute? It’s about Sinclair’s sister"

Jojo lowered her sling and tilted her head, regarding led into her cat-slitted eyes, turning the"

"She’s leaving," I said "But she’ll be back in a ht--she wants to take Sinclair away I want to stop her And I want to know the minute she crosses the threshold into Hel’s territory Can you help keep a lookout for her?"

The fairy sniffed "I cannot be in all places at once"

Funny, because it certainly seemed that way to me The laws of physics appeared to be ht maybe your brethren and, um, sistren could help" Was sistren a word? I hoped so Mr Leary would know

"I will ask," Jojo said grudgingly "None a us wishes hier?"

"Yeah," I said "A big one for whoever finds her first"

Her ht the favor take the forression?"

Oh, gah I should have known better than to getwith a fairy That usually didn’t go well forHel’s liaison with pebbles?"

Jojo’s luitation "That is a personal ht hand to dauda-dagr’s hilt "Okay, you knohat? As much as you’d like to believe it, it’s really not So here’s the deal I’ressions, Jojo Nothingthat results in the harelings," I added sternly "Under no circu of a changeling be forgiven Understood?"