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I slouched down in the vehicle seat and took a chance; I dialed Soul She picked up instantly "What have you learned?" she asked

"Too much and too little I need you to confirm that you are the same species of creature as the arcenciel that attacked Leo and Gee DiMercy Gee hints that it ray place of the change is--that’s what I call the shape-changing energies that seem to operate outside ordinary Earth physics and time And I need to kno"

Soul didn’t answer at first, and I rolled the n an inch so I could hear anyone or anything approaching The as still cracked froet that fixed before a cop pulledscents, there was still nothing anywhere around, only the smells of small animals, the heady heaviness of freshwater, the soft susurration of the wind, and the deeper, more powerful vibration of the river on the other side of the levee

"I will call you back," she said, and the call ended

I waited for perhaps two an to wonder whether she had blown me off, or if maybe she had , an unknown number on it Burner phone?

"Yellowrock," I said

Soul said, "Soerous, with your questions and your species-gifts untaught and unproven Those saer to the rest of us"

Re killed? But before I could ask, Beast pressed down on my mind with her paw In the darkness of e over a trickle of water Waiting, still and silent, for prey

Soul went on "I have offered my recoht find it and use such truth as you ht lead the iht"

"Thanks," I said, my tone offended "It’s nice to have soed without the chance to speak for myself Some who?"

"Some of my ilk My species, as you said"

"Okay So there are a lot ain For now, yes"

Which a tired I closed ertips They felt hot and dry "Please just answer my questions Just this once will so hed, not unkindly "I aht, what sos Rainbow dragons Humans have worshiped us and witches have iics for eons of tione upon your Earth and others like it for millennia We like it here Were we not hunted, s here There is water aplenty and we like the water planets best"