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“Thanks,” Albert said, and seerateful

“Hey, let me see that hand,” Lana said

Albert seemed puzzled He looked at his own hand, swollen and discolored fro Orc’s stone face

“Oh, yeah,” Albert said as Lana briefly took his hand in hers “Thanks again”

Lana put her headphones back on and trotted a few steps Then she stopped She turned and took the”

“Yes?”

She hesitated, knowing that in thisthat it was dangerous to the point of madness It was eerie, as if fate had intervened in the person of Albert, showing her the way to her half-forold work? I mean, as money?”

Albert’s sharp eyes found hers “Should we get together and talk?”

“Yeah,” Lana said

“Stop by the club tonight”

“The what?”

Albert grinned He fished a half sheet of paper from his pocket and handed it to her

Lana glanced at it Then at hihed and handed it back “I’ll be there”

She started running again But her thoughts were taking a different tack than before Albert was planning for the future, not just letting it happen to hi to do To plan To act Not just to let things happen

She was right to plan