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"He can’t be everywhere I’ whatever public information officers he can find today He’ll probably try to wheedle soue, as well I would like to see the fil the actors if we go to the studio"

"As you wish, oh, faithful leader," Kelsey said lightly

She’d been worried that she’d feel aard about the previous night, or that he’d act uncomfortable or reserved, but it was almost as if it had never happened Maybe it hadn’t been anything--in his oing, concentrating instead on the horror and mystery before them

The studio was solad that Logan knehere he was going

They arrived and found that their nah, and when they’d parked a receptionist called Sean to co rents out space to a lot of producers and productions," he said, welco the room in the Alamo where Jim Boas on his sickbed and where it’s presumed he died"

They followed Sean down a hallway as he told theht, the executive producer, isn’t on set, but you’ll uy and really great at docu with him He tells me what he wants in the way of the special effects, I tell hio from there"

They caht was on--it wasn’t A green light blazed, and Sean opened the door and ushered them in

It was much more casual--and much busier--than Kelsey had expected The director, Bernie Firestone, ith the cales as the first ca depicted Kelsey could see how the sets were constructed, and she watched athe mustache on one of Santa Anna’s men, ould soon burst in on Jih to meet them, and while the preparations continued, he stood back and explained "There are so h shape--that we know Some people say he cursed the Mexican officers who came in so violently and he did it in such eloquent Spanish that Santa Anna ordered his tongue cut out and that he be thrown, alive, on the funeral pyre Others say he killed himself I just don’t believe Boould do that We offer all the different stories in our narration, but in the scene, we’re going with the most widely accepted The officers burst in on hiainst the wall and he shot at theed "Of course, he died with his famous knife at his side--we have to believe that!"

Kelsey watched as quiet was called and all the support personnelbegan The narration would be edited in The actors played out the scene, ad-libbing for greater spontaneity, Bernie had told theainst the wall The bed was in a corner, at an angle There were guns in his hands, his knife in his belt The door flew open and Mexican officers filed in Bowie started to fire One of Santa Anna’s men clutched his shoulder, and another cried out in pain, clasping his knee and falling to the ground The men attacked Boith their bayonets, and he clutched his knife, raising it high over his head as they slammed their bayonets into him It was painful to watch

But when "Cut!" was cried by Firestone, the actor playing Bowie sat up He was dripping in fake blood, but he seemed pleased "Bernie, hoas that?"

"Perfect, Brant We’ll break and set it up again for a backup shot," Bernie said He looked over at Sean "You’ll be able to edit out Henry Garcia, won’t you? I want the blasting guns as the ht? But Henry tripped on the doorfra to fall in for a minute"

"If that’s the take you want, Bernie, no problerab soet back here and we’ll do a second take," Bernie called

The actors left the set,around a table laden with coffee and pastries Bowie cae blood

Sean escorted Kelsey and Logan to the table to join the perfor James Boas really Brant Blackwood, a local actor He was polite and apologetic as he"Kelsey O’Brien, Sean’s cousin A pleasure You look like him except that you’re pretty Oh, hell, Sean’s pretty, too, but he hates when you tell hioat," Sean said Obviously, he liked the olderwas an "Oh, I’m sorry I lad you’re back in law enforce his hand "Nice to meet a star"

"Hell, I’m not the star in this," Blackwood et all ets his hair done nice and walks in front of a few locations to explain what the scene’s been about I’ve been proud to play Bowie, though Hehian said

Sean went on to introduce them to Santa Anna’s uez, Lia Bracken They were very affable, and for a few minutes they talked about the docuet on well together They were a mixture of nationalities, Kelsey learned, with Henry Garcia being the only one who thought he was "mostly pure Mexican"