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“Are you kidding hed “I kno rotten the world is I wouldn’t let a kid out of his bedroom until he was at least thirty, and even then I’d only let hio as far as the fenced-in yard”

“Where are you guys now?”

“Alht and have full surveillance of the ar”

“I should be with you”

“You should be with Kyle Don’t worry about anything Take all the time you need Okay?”

“Okay” Eddie gestured for the phone “Hold on, Eddie wants to talk to you”

“Juan, I was talking with Jenner, and he mentioned the Responsivists have hired cruise ships in the past”

“And?”

“Could be a wild-goose chase, but it wouldn’t hurt to have Eric and Mark cross-reference those voyages to see if anything weird went down”

“Not a bad idea Anything else?”

“He said there are ru a new retreat in the Philippines If there was so like four hundred Responsivists on the Dahen she sank, I think they’re further along in construction than Dr Jenner knows Might be worth checking out”

“Two for two,” Cabrillo remarked

Jenner stepped out of the bedrooe whisper, he said, “Kyle’s co awake I think it’s best if you two leave us for a while” He went to hisand withdrew a cylindrical object about the size of a soup can “This is a locking device that goes over the suite’s doorknob so it can’t be opened from the inside”

“Juan, we have to go,” Eddie said into the phone and cut the connection

Max was on his feet “For how long?”