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“Make the stupid,” he said “But to do that, we need soun, so so scary the pilots will do e tell the”

He pulled the lid off another crate and smiled A look of fear came across Leilani’s face

“I don’t know about this,” she said

“Trustfor”

They heard the flaps extending, and the turbulent air began to buffet the plane

“We’re co,” Leilani said

Kurt looked out theThe horizon was beginning to glow, the sky changing hue He saw no sign of land “Depends on your definition of landing”

“What do you mean?”

“This is a seaplane,” he said, “ boat It lands on the water”

Kurt was torn One part of hiot too close to whatever rendezvous they were heading for, the rest of him was curious as to where they were headed

He re he needed to rand if Kurt could report back and give that location to the powers that be

But then he thought about the water tanks in the belly of the plane and the load ofHe decided it would be better to move sooner rather than later

He went to the seating area, pulled out his knife and began working on the item he’d liberated from the crate

“I’ away

When he was finished, he slid the knife back into his boot and covered it with the leg of his pants Next he took one of the 9ers and popped the clip out He quickly unloaded all the shells, including the one in the chamber, and then jammed the clip back in