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"But we can’t play them," the boy said

Caine looked at hienius Emily, on the other hand, seee

"What’s your name?" Caine asked the boy

"Brother His name is Brother," Emily supplied

"Brother," Caine said "Okay Well, Brother, those games aren’t much fun if you don’t have electricity Are they?"

"Those others told et so electricity back," Caine said

"You?"

"Nope A kid named Computer Jack"

"Wetime back Games still worked back then"

"Jack works for me," Caine said He sat back and let that sink in It was a lie, of course But he doubted Emily would know that She wouldn’t know that Jack was in Perdido Beach And that according to Bug he was sitting in a squalid roo

"You can get the lights on?" Elance at her anxious brother

"I can," Caine lied shed "Kid, you look like you can’t even feed yourself Look at you You look like a scarecrow Dirty, hair falling out And lying like a rug What can you do?"

"This," Caine said He raised one hand and the shotgun flew out of Emily’s hand It hit the wall so hard, the barrel stuck in the plaster like a crossbow bolt The wood stock quivered

Brother leaped up, but it was like he hit a brick wall Caine threw hih theGlass shattered There was a loud crash as the boy landed on the screened porch

Emily was up in a heartbeat and suddenly the house disappeared around Caine He found hi in the yard

"That’s definitely a neat trick," Caine yelled "Here’s an even better one"

With hands outstretched he yanked Brother straight through the porch screen The an to rise into the air, struggling feebly, calling out to his sister to save him

Emily was instantly a foot fro," Caine snarled "It’ll be a long drop for your idiot brother"

Eo out of her Brother was still rising, higher and higher The fall would maybe kill him It would at the very least cripple hihts here on the farhts Experience It’s kind of useful"