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“Uh-huh,” Sam said for about the millionth time He hid a yawn as well as he could

In the three days since the horror in that cavern, Saame of whack-a-mole One crisis after another

They had found Zil He had three broken ribs and was in terrible pain No one felt very sorry for hiht still happen But Sam had too many other problems on his plate

Fresh anti-freak graffiti continued to appear in Perdido Beach

Mary was eating, but Astrid had warned hi way fro well

The power plant was dahts were out everywhere now Probably forever

The FAYZ had gone dark

But Jack ith thes work again He stood aardly near Brianna

Dekka watched them and kept her silence

“Let’s do this,” Sam said to Quinn Then, to Astrid, “I’ll bet you five ’Bertos this doesn’t work”

Howard had dismissed Albert’s list of names for the new currency and had dubbed them “Albertos” ’Bertos The naenius to invent nas

“I don’t needyour face Although I can’t iine why”

“Done” Sa the bet

“Ready?” Quinn called out

“Orc, you ready?” Sam asked