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"Howabout?"

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"No" Eduardo didn’t have a couple of days and neither did the city "Thank you, Raphael"

"You’re welcome Any time, Kate I mean it"

"Dead end," Luther said "Lovely"

"There is so else we can try"

Soot up and opened it A talla backpack on his left shoulder He looked older, close to sixty He wore dark trousers, loose enough to not restrict his ray cloak over it, a common outfit for someone on the streets of Atlanta His shoulders were still broad and his posture straight He e had stolen some of his bulk I could tell by the way he stood that he carried at least one knife under the cloak and he was ready to use it at a moment’s notice Lines lasses were smart and sharp Gray sprinkled his once-dark hair and a short precise beard hugged his jaw He reminded me of a human version of my father