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“Sorry, partner,” Kurt said “I think we just escaped from the only water fountain in this vicinity And it’s out of order”

“Just like in theto clear his throat of the dust and sand they’d breathed in Kurt did his best not to think about the thirst he’d built up or the dry, caked feeling in the back of his own throat

“I wonder,” Kurt said “Maybe we’re trying to connect the wrong dots Maybe the ra on in the Indian Ocean”

“Two targets?”

Kurt nodded “Twothosehere”

“Have we underestimated our maniacal little friend?”

“We ht have,” Kurt replied

“What do you want to do?”

“My original idea was to catch a flight out of here,” Kurt said, “but now that we appear to have a choice in our est, trucks or planes?”

“Trucks,” Joe said

“Really?” Kurt said, surprised “Planes are faster And we both know so”

“Not those things”

“They’re all the same,” Kurt insisted

Joe pursed his lips “Have you ever calculated how ets us in?” Joe asked “They’re NOT all the sao once you have control of the plane? This is the Middle East Planes crossing borders without per around here The Saudis, the Israelis, the Seventh Fleet, any one of theht shoot us out of the sky before we could explain e violated their no-fly zone”

Kurt hated to admit it but Joe had a point