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Lias, bacon, and two pancakes without syrup The others dug in with gusto, inhaling the ave my pancakes to Zu, before Liam had the chance to

After some semblance of calm had settled back over us, he pulled his map up and spread it out over the wheel The dashboard clock beside him said 7:25 am, and when he turned to face us, it ith an expression of deter

"Okay, teaht track I know our last East River was a total bust, but we have to keep looking So let’s review the facts those Blues gave us: Eddo"

It was only after a full minute of silence that I realized that was the extent of the "facts"

"We should have tried to bribe them for more infor the map down "They wouldn’t take you, Chubs, and you’re our ly, did not find that funny

"Did they spell Eddo out for you? Was it one ‘d’ or two?" I asked "Because if it’s an actual clue, that could make a difference"

The two boys shared a look

"Well…crap," Lia onup her notebook for us to see She had written the letters E-D-O

"Nice job, Zu," Lia"

"And that was it?" I said

"The only other thing they coughed up was that if we hit Raleigh we’d gone too far south And we had to beg for even that," Liam confessed "It was really pathetic"

"They could have been pulling our legs, too," Chubs said "That’s what irritates ?"

"They were going ho, I slipped theto ue rundown of how to route a path fro

"What are you guys thinking?" I asked "What theory were you working with?"

"We ran across the kids right around the Ohio state line," Lia from the east, headed west If you add that to the other bit about DC and Raleigh, the likely candidates becoinia, or Maryland Zu said Edo is another name for Tokyo, but it seems a little far-fetched he’d be there"

"And I think it’s a code," Chubs said "A cipher of so to face me fully The way the smile spread over his face made me think of a nature documentary atched once in school, about the way crocodiles flash their teeth as they ski of codes, didn’t you say the League broke you out because you were a world-class code breaker?"