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He leaned back against the counter, thinking "What do you want?"

It wasn’t an agree" He snorted, and she warmed "Equipment to free Silas, and a ride to Detroit for the talisht where this all started Silas can help me re-create the memory tied to it, and with that, the truth co as he shook his head "They’re nothing but paperweights with your past anchor dead"

Peri’s chest clenched, but she used the grief, mented one of my memories One he’d never seen If he did that once, he can do it again The talisman will help" Howard’s lips parted in disbelief, and sheto help me or not?"

There was a knock on the door, and Peri held his eyes "Doctor?" the vet tech called, and Howard griot her cornered" He leaned over the table, his brow furrowed "Anchors can’t defragment memories they haven’t witnessed"

"Opti does it all the time with new drafters It isn’t i" But it hadn’t been either of those things when Silas had done it "So there and looking at the chalk outline won’t help I need Silas and my talisman I need to remember"

Clearly unhappy, Howard took his out-of-date sreed with Silas’s plan to use you to gain information"

"Thank you"

The phone went dark and he stuffed it away "That wasn’t a coht it was a stupid idea that would hurt hirief, not hide fro, Howard pushed the jar of swabs froh she’d been expecting the harsh noise "Anne is such a snoop," he muttered

Frustrated, Peri splayed her hands on the exam table "I need a vehicle that won’t be called in as stolen, a few thousand dollars Maybe a good throwing knife"

"A few thousand dollars?" Howard echoed, his eyes wide

"And a toothbrush I’d kill for a toothbrush"

Squinting, he rubbed his forehead as if in pain "Get your squirrel," he said as he turned to a drawer and pulled out a spool of gauze

"You’ll help?" she asked as he wrapped his hand