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“Duck,back and forth”

Reluctantly—very reluctantly because he expected some trick—Duck crossed the street

Hunter was crouched behind a piece of rubble that still held a portion of stained-glassHe stood up when Duck approached, which brought his face into the light He didn’t look as if he was planning a prank He looked scared

“What’s up?” Duck asked

“Come back here, man, so no one can see us”

Duck cli his shin in the process

“Okay,” Duck said, once he was in Hunter’s rubble hideaway “What?”

“Can you hook me up, dude? I didn’t catch any dinner”

“Uh…what?”

“I’ry,” Hunter said

“Everybody’s hungry,” Duck pointed out “I drank a jar of gravy for dinner”

Hunter sighed “I’ot any lunch I was trying to save up”

“Why are you here?”

“Zil He and the normals are after me”

Duck had the definite feeling he was either being elaborately punked, or had wandered into someone else’s crazy dreaet it over with”