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James frowned "How often is Henry there with you?"

"All the time I asked him to stay, and he did"

"Can you touch him?" said James, and I nodded "What about Milo?"

"He can I can’t"

"Right" His frown deepened "What have you been telling him?"

"What, I can’t have a private conversation within?"

James set his bottle aside and faced ?"

"Of course," I said "Well, no, Ito Africa I didn’t ers againstthem in my lap Friends or not, he’d intentionally hurt Henry all those years ago by having an affair with Persephone While Henry otten, and I wasn’t about to give hi you? Has he said anything strange? Done anything that didn’t seeht?"

"What is this, twenty questions?" I leaned back inmy plate all but untouched "It’s none of your business"

"Yes, it is We’ve never had a situation like this before During the first war--obviously I wasn’t alive back then, but Walter--"

"I don’t want to hear it" Not when it had anything to do with Walter

"You need to" Jaly kind "It doesn’t et about hiht now"

"He’s never been important" As far as I was concerned, he never would be

"I wouldn’t go that far," said Ja of the Gods and head of the council, after all We’re all his children You know that"

"So what, are you saying I’h Jaht He and Ava had told er member of the council was one of Walter’s children