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“What now?” Joe asked

Through aKurt saw another group entering the roo Anotherout this and that to theray caftan trailed behind them

“That’s Jinn,” Kurt said, basing his guess on a surveillance photo he’d seen

“Who are these other guys?” Joe asked

“They look like dignitaries on a tour,” Kurt said

Jinn led the Arab men around the pool and over to the very stairway Kurt and Joe had just ascended They went down to the underwater viewing area

“They’re here for a demonstration of some kind,” Kurt whispered

“I hate to sound like the reasonable one,” Joe began, “but maybe we should beat a hasty retreat while they’re otherwise occupied”

Kurt shook his head “Sage advice, my friend Excepthave a front-row seat, and they’re about to shohat they’re planning I think it behooves us to stick around, keep the suits on and try to blend in”

“Behooves us?”

“It was the word of the day on et a chance to use it”

“Glad to hear you’re expanding your vocabulary But what if so here? Or to perfor machine on?”

“We’ll just press a lot of buttons, throw some switches, and pretend we’re incompetent,” Kurt said

“Go with our strengths, then”

“Exactly”