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“And possibly Caine,” Astrid added

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“You asked for the short version So I’y”

Sa people with polysyllables He ed a faint smile “Go ahead Leave out the…whatever it was”

“Suddenly,” Astrid went on, “afterthat he was in some kind of a coma, or deliriu he does is charge off to take over the power plant”

“At the sa to her And Petey is starting to talk about sory in the dark”

“Orsay says the thing is expecting to be fed soon,” Edilio said

“Yes And then, there’s Duck”

Sam’s eyebrows shot up “Duck?” He had not expected this

“No one listened much to his story Me included,” Astrid adlowed Like fro from The Simpsons”

“Yeah?” Edilio prompted

“The power plant is at the center of the FAYZ,” Astrid said “We knoas going intothis…this bubble But ere things changing even before that? How did Little Pete acquire that kind of power?”

“The accident thirteen years ago,” Sa it even as he said it

“The accident We’ve always said it was a meteorite that hit the plant But maybe it wasn’t just a meteorite Maybe there was more to it”

“Like what?”