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“Hi, Sel back home?”

“Nothing unusual We’re still digging through any records that would shed soht on the phantom destroyer, but so far it’s a dead end”

“That’s frustrating It sounds like if it weren’t for the survivors, nobody would know the ship ever existed”

“I’ve never seen anything like it before Then again, there’s no way of knowing how much of that period’s history is anywhere near complete, because if the Japanese did this with other boats, they’d already be lost forever, as far as we’re concerned”

“Well, if you have the time, I have another project for you”

“I live for new projects,” she said, only half joking

“This one involves giants and the Japanese”

“I can’t wait to hear the punch line”

Sam smiled to himself “I think we touched on it before, but now I’iants that live in there people”

“I see,” she said, her tone flat

“I know it’s far-fetched, but the part of the legend that interests me is the constant reference to a network of caves that supposedly runs the length of Guadalcanal and is used by the giants to traverse the island”

Selma took a deep breath “What, exactly, do you want me to research?”

“See if you can find the earliest references to giants in accounts of the Solomons and then work forward And I’m also very interested in anyshot, which is why I think you end rather than the caves My bet is that nobody’s ever done much exploration, if any”

“Right Giants and caves You also mentioned the Japanese?”

“Yes I want everything you can find relating to the last days of the occupation”