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“Yeah, put away the weed, man,” Zil said

Antoine made a dismissive noise

To everyone’s amazement, Hank knocked the joint from Antoine’s hand

Antoine rose froht flatten little Hank But Zil said, “No No fighting between ourselves”

Lance said, “Yeah That’s right,” but he didn’t sound too sure

It was left to Turk to settle thelike everyone else, like kids Zil’s about us dealing with the freaks If we sit around getting high, Zil’s not going to be able to deal with the problem He needs us to be cool”

“Yeah,” Lance agreed “But be cool about w

hat?”

“I found Hunter” Hank delivered the neith quiet pride Like he was presenting a straight-A report card to his parents

Zil jumped to his feet “You found him?”

“Yeah He’s across the highway, hiding out in a house over there And you’ll never guess what he’s got there”

“What?”

“Food The mutant freak killed a deer Then he cooked it with his freak powers and last I saas cutting it up with a knife”

“Keeping it all for himself,” Turk said “Just him and the other freaks They’ll eat venison, the rest of us can go boil sorass or whatever”

Zil’s eon, but so that was almost like beef