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No No li that sht of Verlaine That would be an excuse for further tortures, and this tiht be made to suffer with hi the other side of the street, which noring traffic; horns honked, but naturally everyone braked to lanced over, then looked wary He was learning

"You seee," Asa said as he fell into step beside Mateo "I would iot a bit of time off Maybe that’s why you’re so cheery"

"Ti when they reached the ATM at the corner He took out his wallet, then gave Asa a look

"What, you’re afraid I’ll look at your PIN?"

"Like you wouldn’t"

"It’s three-four-nine-eight," Asa said, casually readjusting his scarf

"How did you know that?"

"Deot some time off, as La Catrina can’t possibly stay in business like this"

"We’ve got another couple of days" Mateo at least had enough sense to go on with his withdrawal, punching the keys al to be able to serve tamales de pollo, and tomorrow--maybe just piña coladas; I don’t know"

"I should i drunk," Asa said a out Curious thing to do, at a ti"

Mateo stepped closer, and though he was a few inches shorter than Asa, and only a hu anyway "Stay out of this"

"So town" Asa leaned in even nearer, until he could whisper and still be heard "So far, far away, and I don’t think it’s you"