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"She just bought it It was my idea," he said, not sure why he felt the need to defend her, when Liz got an Oh my God! look on her face "She hadn’t seen her closet in two days," he added, and Liz’s expression darkened

"Okay, two days is a long tih the crowd to the south entrance "But she bought a suitcase How ive her?"

"Stop" Silas warmed Two hundred would have sufficed, but six hadmore like an anchor and less like a duht "Personally, I think you need to stop acting like her door the number of Opti people at the south entrance: three, and one was on the phone calling for reinforceree to this so I could run at the first sign of trouble"

It was all he could do not to give her a shake to wake up This wasn’t a gahtly "I can’t keep both of us free"

"I can take care of myself," she said, and his bad mood cracked It was exactly what Peri would have said

"Let et the door," he said as she quickened her pace "Peri alaits"

"She is such a princess"

Liz rolled her eyes and dropped back, and Silas hesitated "Yes She is," he said, and Liz’s expression went sour again

He pushed the door open, and they walked out into the early dusk Silas scanned the area, wondering if the chain-link-fenced area under constructionas she picked out the agents one by one

"I see three," he said, the roller bag thuh pave Shit, who do they think she is? Superwo at two, five, and eight"

"Huh" Liz’s pace had shortened, and he gave up on trying to otten a little farther"

"I’ot out the door" Silas ht even started "I’ll plow your road They won’t shoot to kill" Not her, anyway