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"Nevertheless," Merlin replied, "ould like her safe return, and we do have soanization, or else she would not have been freed earlier Your superiors will not be happy that she is in our custody"

"And you think I can do anything about that?"

"You will if you want Ari back," Owen said "Unless you want to tell your bosses that you lost her"

Idris looked even more panicked "I’ll see what I--I’ll try--this could take time, you know"

"Relax," I told hiers every fifteen minutes or torture her" If there was any torture, it was the other way around My head felt like she was throwing a hissy fit in there

"And what if I don’t care whether or not I get her back?" Idris switched tactics, which played beautifully into our plan We were supposed to stall him until Sylvia and her creed up with Marcia

"Then we keep her She ht not think so favorably of you at that point," Merlin said

"Well, where is she?"

"Right in here," I said, tapping od, loud, and hard "You expect ht control onup in my brain spill out "You one until they told you, did you? You were so busy with your precious business I hate this! This wasn’t what I signed up for!" It eird to hear so out in my voice

Idris wasn’t convinced "Anyone who’s spent fivelike that"

Before I kneas happening, I’d put my hands on ot a mole shaped like Mickey Mouse on your--"

"Okay, I believe you!" he shouted at exactly the saue I didn’t want any more details like that about hiet your friend back I don’t have that kind of pull with these people"

"You need do nothing more than you already have," Merlin said "Your presence is enough"