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She found Caine out on what had once been a well-round from the house to the cliff It was noith weeds, so toward the distant town through his telescope

He heard her approach Without looking back he said, "So in town"

"I don’t care"

"A cloud Like a rain cloud In fact, I think it is raining It’s just a sh, not an illusion in the barrier"

"You’re probably seeing a reflection Or an illusion"

Caine handed her the telescope She wanted to refuse it, but she was curious She looked The town leaped closer Not enough to see people, but enough to see that there was indeed a cloud, just one, hanging far too low, staying put in one place The gray s rain

"So?" she asked "So some freak has developed the power to make a cloud"

"You don’t wonder who? That’s a pretty hed theatrically "What do you care?"

"I don’t like the idea of there being another four bar Two of us is already one too many"

"It doesn’t mean it’s a four bar," Diana said "Brianna and Dekka and Taylor are only threes They have greater powers than that"

"At least a three bar, though" He took the scope back "You don’t think if they can find a way they’ll come after us? If Sanjit made it there alive, then Sam knoe have here You don’t think he’ll come after it?"

"No," she said honestly "I don’t think he’ll look for a fight with you He’s not as insecure as you are"

Caine snorted a laugh "Yeah, that’s my problem: insecurity"

"It doesn’t et back even if anted to"