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She looked away "That’s not it Not really And you believe in justice, too And loyalty But you’re so…"

"Ihts "And you are not"

"I’ along her cheek "But right n"hy ow, I should keep looking"

"What are you looking for?" The deep voice rang fro Natalie to ju toward Tulio He’d detected the old vaes of the desert but didn’t kno old the trail was Apparently, not that old

"I’ vato show you" He waved the?" she asked

"Underground," Tulio said

She hesitated, but he pulled her along "Again?"

Tulio chuckled "Now you’ll really see the way to travel, human"

Baojia saw it ahead of them, the black mouth where the sandstone and rock had opened for the earth vah the desert that he used to move around undetected It was even possible that, like the oldest of their kind, he could stay awake through round was a safe place to be

Natalie hesitated "Wait, we’re going down there?"

"Baojia, it’s a long, fairly straight passage It goes deeper and shallower, but doesn’t twist and turn too o of Natalie’s hand and turned his back toward her "Hop on"

"You want to giveto where we’re going?"

The other vaed "Forty, fifty miles, maybe?"

Baojia asked her, "You want to run to keep up with us for fortyon"

He reached back and hitched his hands under her knees as she wrapped her arot you Try not to worry"

Natalie placed a kiss on the back of his neck, just behind his ear "I’ll try"