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"We've also confirn a couple of volunteers to the project, then kidnap theers Time-Quest comes out clean Pretty clever"

"Diabolically so What do you ate's friendly wave just before the shed blew up and the offhand couards told me he made?"

" 'Nice try'? You have to admit he had a sense of humor for a murderer"

"You don't seeit in when he didn't have to Why?"

"He just felt like rubbing it in?"

"Maybe" Austin scratched his chin in thought "I think it was partly just plain arrogance He was telling us he knoe are and that he is part of so he can treat us as a joke"

"Bigger than NUMA?"

"I wish I knew, Joe" Austin replaced the publicity photo in the folder "I wish I knew"

Any idea where we go next?"

"Nowhen that sche into the hovercraft link and the murder"

"Not exactly a well-lit highe're following," Zavala said "What if I flen to San Antonio and checked out Time-Quest personally?"

"Might be worth a looksee I'd be interested in Ti

A soft knock ca his head under the jamb He had a serious look on his face, but this was standard with Trout

"Sorry I' to the Nereus about Gamay"

Clearly worried about his wife, Trout had called NUMA frequently as they flew across the country, to see if Gamay had checked in