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Tiets to be a captain I wouldn’t know a captain from Colonel Sanders, so it’s all the same to me It was Claudia who really kicked up a fuss She actually threatened to pack up and go ho to be part of his damned army, no matter what the twerp says" Neverreally see joke But it turns out she’s a Quaker Her younger brother was actually a conscientious objector during the Iran War In the end, though, we cal as we pro is, I can’t really figure out why these guys are here Not why the military would take an interest, because after all, it’s their rateful for it But why send a squad of special ops (they’re technically "special reconnaissance") to babysit a bunch of biocheh who really knows?-toldinto was known to be controlled by the Montoya drug cartel and the soldiers are here for our protection "Hoould it look for a tea lords in Bolivia?" he asked n policy, not a happy day at all" I didn’t contradict hi activity where we’re going-it’s all to the west, on the altiplano The eastern basin is virtually uninhabited except for a few scattered Indian settlements, most of which haven’t had any outside contact in years All of which he knows I know
This hasmy head, but as far as I can tell, it makes no difference to the expedition itself We just have so for the ride The soldiers pretty much keep to themselves; I’ve barely heard any of them even open their et in the way
Anye’re off in theThe offer of a pet snake still stands
-Jonas
From: [email&160;protected]
Date: Wednesday, February 15 11:32 pm
To: [email&160;protected]
Subject: See attached
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Paul,
Six days in Sorry to be out of touch, and please tell Rochelle not to worry It’s been hard slogging every step of the ith dense tree cover and et the satcoht, we all eat like farmhands and fall exhausted into our tents Nobody here sht I’m too keyed up to sleep The attachment will explain why I’ve always believed in ere doing, but of course I’ve had hts when I wondered if this was all completely harebrained, some kind of fantasy my brain cooked up when Liz becaht it too So I’d be a fool not to questionto the GPS, we’re still a good twenty kiloraphy is consistent with the satellite recon-dense jungle plain, but along the river, a deep ravine with cliffs of liist could read these cliffs like the pages of a book The usual layers of river sediment, and then, about four meters below the lip, a line of charcoal black It’s consistent with the Chuchote legend: a thousand years ago the whole area was blackened by fire, "a great conflagration sent by the god Auxl, lord of the Sun, to destroy the demons of ht, listening to the flocks of bats that poured out of the caves at sunset; in thethe ravine
It was just past noonthe statue
At first I thought e, Paul A hu, but not quite: the bent ani the mouth, the intense muscularity of the torso, details still visible, so? Howthe stone away? And still it took es I’ve shown you is inarguable-the pillars at the te, the cave drawings in Cotes d’Aet used to theed up a trap to catch one Apparently, bats like canned peaches, which she used as bait Maybe Alex would like a pet bat instead?
-J
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Date: Saturday, February 18 6:51 ps
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Cole thinks we’re being followed, but won’t tellhe’s on the satcom, won’t tellreen as he looks
Good weather, finally We’re close, within 10K, ood time
From: [email&160;protected]
Date: Sunday, February 19 9:51 pm