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TheyOrc stood stiff, like he was on display and wanted to look right Dekka did her thing and Orc rose At ten feet he let out a huge, delighted guffaw

"Hah! This is fun!"

At thirty feet she could no longer see him at all "What do you see, Orc?"

"Fire," he said "And I think the Sa you do"

When he was back on terra firma Dekka said, "The fire What did it look like?"

"Like it o or ether"

"Perdido Beach?"

"Maybe," he said reluctantly

"Okay, so we follow the Sammy suns toward town"

But Orc hesitated "You can do that, Dekka But me, I set out to find Drake and kill hi Not in this pitch-black It could take us forever to just accidentally run into Drake"

He nodded, but he wasn’t really agreeing "I don’t mind the dark as much you do, Dekka In the dark I don’t have to be like I am You know? People can’t see me Anyway, there’ll likely be soo on in the dark It’s probably better for ely uy You saved me, you know"

"Nah"

"No, listen to me, Orc I know you have some bad stuff on your conscience"

He nodded and ave of that I prayed and I was forgave" Then he added, "But that don’t , Orc When all that weighs you down, you remember that you saved me Okay?"

He didn’t look too sure of that But he alu left

"There’s a light out there Down the highway It just appeared!" Lana said

"A Sa Saht well faint from the sheer release of tension

Quinn, Lana, and Caine--with Patrick as well--had snuck away fro soe Not that anyone was able anymore to dothrough Perdido Beach, little knots of kids looking for food, water, beloved toys, or just a bed

Now Sahway

Patrick barked once, announcing hi hero," Caine muttered "Mr Sunshine"

After ten minutes a new Sammy sun appeared, perhaps no more than a hundred feet away, and they walked toward it, still has littered with debris up to and including entire trucks