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After retrieving Moralltach, I turned on the truck’s ignition with a binding--there was no way I was going to search for keys in Coyote’s restaff There was a hound down there who needed soue

April Flores didn’t want to let Oberon go

"I’ve never seen a dog heal so fast from a broken shoulder," she said, "not to mention the ribs He shouldn’t be able to walk for a fewever happened to hi it’s some kind of miracle I’d like to keep him for some more tests--no cost to you, of course Just sos like that--"

"Sorry, but we really "

"I heard that!" Oberon said "Outside that door there are oodles of poodles to ogle!" He barked once to punctuate the sentence for the veterinarian’s benefit

"What happened to you?" Dr Flores asked, pointing to the bandages on iant locust any ht a vainal lie

"I hunted down that bear"

"Congratulations," she said, clearly not believing retfully and wished him farewell and noher voice low, Atticus? If Granuaile had ad-whistle territory right now"

Your sample size is still too small You haven’t made it past mere coincidence yet

"You knoould be cool? We should experilepuh I’ person Or a person at all Whatever We’re going to Scotland, right, for sixteen succulent boar sausages?"

Right Gotta dye my hair and take some pictures first, but then we can take off for the Scottish Highlands

"I sait carefully as we exited the vet’s office You look like you’re doing okay, no lie of pain, but it’s not that bad Not sure I want to run on it yet That nasty tea of yours sure helped"

Good, I’ll o hunting

"That’s right! You feel that subtle shudder in the wind? Around the world, squirrels are cringing in fear right now and they don’t knohy"

We ran errands in Flagstaff--getting more herbs for Oberon’s tea and some for myself, plus a particularly inky hair dye that would co ood-bye to Granuaile’s: The sun wouldn’t shine on it the same way anyan But then I thought itfor us to be unattractive to each other for a while, and this alteration of our appearance would be a blessing Coyote had probably done otten us a place to live so I could keep the coal uilt for tricking ation

Granuaile didn’t like the dye job at all We got a hotel suite so we could do it properly She looked tered from the bathroom with raven hair and, as a result, rather Goth by accident She didn’t want to get her picture taken

"Aughh!" she saidin the vanitya wavy curl near her te has ever sucked before You knoe look like? A couple of eht side, Granuaile Ereat band name"

"That’s brilliant! It’s already the unofficial name of more bands than I can count"

We spent some time at one of those office/print stores where you can use the Internet and fax and so on, sending our new likenesses to Hal at Magnusson and Hauk and asking hiet used to the ones I just gave you!" he gruht, you know It’s going to take a few days"

"Understood We’re going to get out of the country for a while and then coet ourselves settled in these new naood decade or so while I’ht now You’re going to let people call you Sterling Silver?"

"I didn’t pick the nao," Hal said, "thought you ht like to know that Leif has severed all ties with our firm"

"He’s left the state?"