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"That wasn’t what I asked And don’t look at your father--he’s not interested"

Caleb took Aave it a final squeeze "Get better, okay?"

"Now, Mr Jaxon"

Caleb exchanged a hasty, unreadable sign with Piar said, "it’s ti"

Peter turned to Ao"

Amy appeared not to have heard him; her eyes were fixed on Piarded each other with a crackling intensity, as if engaged in a private, inaudible conversation

"A the circuit It seemed to take her a s Then she said, very calht here?" Peter said

Another senuine There was so hollow about it, even forced

"Perfectly"

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"Mirrors," Chase repeated

Around the conference table, clockwise froar, Henneman, Sara, Michael, Greer

"It doesn’t have to be areflective ork, just as long as they can see the breath and folded his hands on the table "This is the craziest thing I’ve ever heard"

"It’s not crazy at all Thirty years ago, in Las Vegas, Lish and I were running froot cornered in a kitchen We were out of ammunition, prettyfrorabbed one to use as a club, but when I held it out at the first viral, it stopped the bastard cold, like it was hypnotized And this was just a copper pot Michael, back ar asked Michael, "So what does it do to theuess would be so, they don’t like what they see, because it doesn’t confore" He turned toward Peter "Do you ree?"

Peter nodded

"After you killed her, you said so to Tifty ‘Her na a boy’ How did you know that?"