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"Not good, I’d say"

"So you tellhere You’re the one who drew those pictures"

Greer poured lass but didn’t drink it He was silent for a moment, then said, "It’s what I saw"

"What do you mean, ‘saw’?"

"It’s difficult to explain"

"None of this is easy, Lucius"

Greer was staring into his glass, turning it around on the tabletop "I was in the desert Don’t askstory I hadn’t had anything to eat or drink for days Soht I’uess it was a dreae, you mean The island, the five stars"

Lucius nodded "I was on a ship I could feel itunder me I could hear the waves, sensfjord?"

He shook his head "All I know is, it was big"

"Were you alone?"

"There may have been other people there, but I couldn’t see them I couldn’t turn around" Greer looked at hi what I think you’re thinking?"

"That depends"

"That the ship is o to the island"

"How else can you explain it?"

"I can’t" He frowned skeptically "This isn’t at all like you To put so much faith in a picture drawn by a crazy man"

For a moment, neither man spoke Michael sipped his whiskey

"This ship," Greer said "Will it float?"

"I don’t kno e there is below the waterline The lower decks are flooded, but the engine compartment’s dry"

"Can you fix it?"