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"I’ll keep that in et the inforet it out of Syoing to letto let me walk back out at all"

"Let us worry about that," said Tansy, with a dis in ain, as loud and undeniable as they had ever been "No," I snapped She hadn’t been expecting that tone fro utterly bemused Even kittens have claws Someone should probably have told her that before they sent her to talk toto let you worry about that If you want et you so to worry about it myself I’m the one whose neck is on the line in this little plan of yours So don’t tellto happen if I do what you want me to do"

"Whoa" Tansy turned to Nathan, pointed to me, and asked, "Where did that come from? I like it!"

"Do you and my mother both have so little faith in my taste in women that you assu under his obvious unease "Sal doesn’t wear her aggression on her sleeve the way you do, but she’s quite capable of taking care of herself when the need arises You’re telling us that the need has arisen That ets to ask you questions that you don’t want to answer"

"Well?" I said

Tansy sighed "Okay, fine," she said "Maybe we better sit down"

Nathan didn’t have any fruit punch, but he did have some lemonade mix in the back of the cereal cupboard, which Tansy alloas an acceptable substitute, after he allowed her to add a cup of sugar and a disturbing a She claiue with her

While Nathan was getting Tansy settled in the ss out It was, in its oay, a test Ifto let her send me to ht seem less than relevant, but Beverly had already saved my life once before She didn’t like people ere out to hurt me Hopefully, that dislike would extend to situations where the danger was less immediate

It wasn’t until the door was open that I reinal ohen he first started getting sick If she could detect the i to react to Tansy? And what about Minnie--would she respond the sa on?

It was too late to stop the full-tilt down the hall with Minnie close at her heels, the duo lured by the seductive sounds of co Maybe there would be food Maybe the food would be given to the that I could soh to stop thes went badly--

--and stopped when I reached the kitchen just in tiies!" It was followed by her sliding out of her chair, dropping to her knees on the hardwood, and throwing her arms around Beverly’s neck For her part, Beverly bore the e of her tail against the floor betraying her ongoing interest in treats Minnie ignored her, choosing to head for Nathan instead, sitting down at his feet and looking adoringly up at his out"

"I didn’t want Beverly to get upset and start shredding your pillows," I said "Minnie just sort of ca for the ride"

"Oh, is the black one’s nay? Yes, you are a good doggy, you are" Tansy kept hugging Beverly’s neck as she spoke "Where did she come from?"

"Her oas taken over by his i in the park," said Nathan "Sal works at an ani wild So now’ "

I couldn’t help noticing the "we" in his statement, and I approved "She seems to like you I was a little worried about that"

"Oh, animals totally like me They like Adam, too It’s only people who are in transition that they don’t like They can sets all confused, and it freaks theave Beverly onefro around trying to figure out how ot swarmed by bats Like, little tiny Dracula-style bats I’ to do, but ere they gonna do it as hard as they could" She chuckled "Little idiots"

"So ani sick?" I asked, giving Beverly a pat on the head as I walked past her to take a seat at the table "What about sleepwalkers?"

"They’re still all scra blender in the chemicals that live inside the brain It’s not until that settles down that aniain" Tansy sipped her bloody-looking, over-sugared le casually, "Not that it et better, so who cares if the dog doesn’t like theer problems"