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I nodded "She wanted toback froht with that?" Mahir walked towardwhen he was still a few feet clear of the van Maggie was a much more touchy-feely kind of person than he was I appreciated that One hug per day was pretty o The rest of us… You’re going to be able to put your own naet home, but the rest of us, we’re done We’ll be lucky if we don’t wind up hiding in Canada being chased by zombie moose for the rest of our lives"

"There’s always the chance we’ll successfully overnate the need to flee to Canada," said Mahir helpfully

I gave hi unsuccessfully to keep hi Somehow, that was even funnier than what he’d said I started laughing So did he We were both still laughing five e with a can of soda in one hand and a perplexed look on her face

"Did I overnment!" I informed her

Becks appeared to think about that for athe tab on her soda at the same time, and replied, "Okay Works for ain Becks waited patiently for us to stop, taking occasional sips from her soda Finally, I wiped , "Okay Okay, I think we’re done now Did you see Maggie?"

"I did She said so to Berkeley to kill your parents?"

"That’s not quite what I said, but I guess it’s close enough We’re going to Berkeley to ask the Masons if they’ll tell us how to find a clear route into the Florida hazard zone"

"And ill you be giving thehed "You know, I really kind of miss the days when I could just e-oing on, and I wouldn’t have to repeat things seventeen times"

Not that you ever ree

"Because you did that so often," said Becks, saving me froain

"I could have done it, if I’d wanted to," I countered "That made the endless repetition a choice, and hence way less irritating I’ to tell them how to unlock the flat-drop of all our files The one I had Alaric send while ere running from Memphis"