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“Come on,” Caine cajoled “Whatever dreams you had, I’ve had worse Terrible stuff you don’t even want to know about”

“They weren’t terrible,” Orsay said in a s They made me want more”

Caine shifted his weight away from her “Then why are you all freaked out?”

“In his drea is so…” She for that defied definition

“Sary

Orsay looked sharply at hiic in them”

“Then tell me about them That’s what I sent you to find out”

Orsay shrugged “He’s…I don’t know Like, worried He’s distracted,” she said dis up and, anyway, he just wants to get away from it all And of course, he thinks about food a lot”

“Poor baby,” Diana said “All that power All that responsibility Boo-hoo”

Caine laughed “I guess being the boss isn’t what Saht it would be”

“I think it’s exactly what he thought it would be,” Diana argued “I don’t think he ever wanted any of this I think he just wanted to be left alone” That last sentence she spoke pointedly

“I don’t leave people alone when they screith me,” Caine said “Useful information, Diana”

He stood up “So Sa scared But not scared of me Good He’s worried about his silly job as mayor of loserville Good” He tapped the top of Orsay’s head “Hey Anything about the power plant in Sam’s dreams?”

Orsay shook her head She was off again, off in soe hallucination of her own or maybe someone else’s

Caine clapped his hands together “Good Sa over the power plant The ene inward, not outward In fact, we could strike at any time Except”