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I knew that was the international sign for "no, things are definitely not okay," but it was also the international sign for "I don’t want to talk about it," so I decided not to push "Well, you know my door is always open," was all I said before I went into ht with her sister or been spurned by her latest crush She’d probably snap out of herabout spending several hours a day in those training session " an ancient near-ram I wasn’t any busier, but I had fewer hours to fill Even with stuff to do, I was te breaks between tasks, but since Perdita was a very reliablehalf the company

She left for the day without a word, which worriedwhen Owen ca?"

"I think I pissed off Perdita"

"I would have thought that would be really difficult to do"

"Yeah, et to have her conjure soical approximations for coffeehouse concoctions was one of Perdita’s prized specialties and her biggest value to ossip "I’ll need to be ic around others I also can’t changeto do with you," Owen reassured me as he helped me put on ht with her ot the feeling she was a lot like mine, in which case I sympathized

As we headed out of the office building, a voice on the awning over the entrance said, "Psst, you two!"

We looked up to see Saoyle, MSI’s head of security "Hey, Sam, what is it?" I asked

"Watch yourselves, okay?"

"I don’t need to watch ave a friendly wave to his unseen surveillance teaical immunity, I couldn’t see theically, but Owen kneas being watched by official and unofficial roups who still weren’t convinced he wouldn’t turn evil and try to take over the world with dark ic

"That’s not what I meant," Sam snapped with uncharacteristic tension thatin the water or perhaps a city-wide spell rouches It wouldn’t be the first ti a broad spell like that "Just be careful This is a big city, you know"

"The crime rate here is actually a popular s happen, but if you stay in the right neighborhoods, you’re safer than in a lot of cities We’ll try to avoid the crack dens"

"Hey, just lookin’ out for two of my favorite people What, you don’t like ain" I waited for a second for the "just kiddin’, doll" I was sure would cos and resettled himself so that his back was turned to us

Owen and I exchanged an uncolance and departed "Maybe we should check the top of the E," I said as alked to the nearby subway station That here the bad guys had broadcast the last spell to hit the whole city "So is going on"

"So on And, let’s face it, we like it that way"

Once ere in the station, he took my hand and I closed le that sent through ic even when I was immune, but now that I had power,about the en’sI didn’t know if it was because ere ically compatible or if it was because Owen had drawn on my latent power in the past, but it was extreood teaical, but there was a lot to like about sharing arden club for Granny to attend every so often," Iclose together It was a real pity to have this ical connection and no chance for solitude I had three roorandmother had moved in with him We had more privacy on a rush-hour train than we had at home, since no one on the train noticed or cared ere up to