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I was barely listening, too busy staring up at the towering walls of water Soour horses behind We needed speed to reach Finn as quickly as possible

Once we’d driven a fewyou? Sheer lunacy I truly can’t deny you anything"

"Well, obviously you can--since you’re not wearing your helly agreed to wear the rest of his armor "As fast as I’ve becoel"

And the Ee at last Part of lared at Aric "I thought I was a powerful goddess who didn’t need any hand-holding" He’d told Jack asrecalcitrant at present In any case, there’s no need for you to go withas well, but Aric had drawn the line: "If the Magician is plotting, Fauna, I won’t have you there trying to save him from me"

So she’d directed Finn to a rest area that we could map to

As Aric and I had loaded up the car--with the two bug-out bags I’d insisted on bringing and tanks of extra fuel--Lark had packed food because Finn hadn’t eaten in ages

Just before I’d hopped in the truck, she’d handedunder her breath, "Finn isn’t plotting"

"I believe that Aric’s just being careful"

"Eves, please look out for uy"

I nodded

She’d leaned in to whisper, "A Finn to want hiht ultiht

I’d wondered if I should warn Lark that so was on its way into our lives Tick-tock I’d decided against it, since Finn was already in jeopardy "He’s starving, Lark He won’t last long out in the Ash" Outside of our spaceship "I’ him back to you"

Now I told Aric, "Even if there’s no need for me to come, I don’t want us to separate When aited for Circe to part the river earlier, I think you wondered for a second if she was going to let us out What if you left by yourself, but she refused to let you back in? Hoould I get to you?"

"Yes, I did wonder Because she is an Arcana" He increased his speed, flying down an abandoned higheaving around Flash-fried cars and eighteen-wheelers "Say the Magician is innocent of conspiring with the other two And say we’re able to extract hi and sheltering another player who can turn on us"