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"Do you know where Raoul is?" Xris asked, speaking slowly and enunciating each word clearly, with no particular object in mind other than that it was what one tended to do when talking to someone who spoke a foreign tongue.
He must have also raised his voice level, because Quong observed tersely, "He's mute, Xris. He's not deaf." There was a pause. "At least, I don't think he's deaf."
The fedora bobbed up and down enthusiastically.
"Where is Raoul?" Xris asked.
The Little One excitedly pointed at the ceiling.
"Upstairs?" Xris tested. "In his room?"
The fedora shook violently. Xris breathed a sigh. At least now he knew the Little One could understand what was being said to him.
"You mean up ... up in the sky. The stars. Space."
The Little One clapped his hands again, rocked back and forth excitedly on the couch.
"Great. Just great. On average, how many inhabited star systems would you say there are?" Defeated, Xris pulled out a twist, bit down on the end.
"Look, Xris." Rowan touched his arm.
The Little One was shaking his head, waving his hallds.
"Not a star system," Xris said.
The Little One indicated it was not.
The other members of the team entered one by one, all of them looking worn out.
"Nothing to report," Jamil said, stretching and flexing his aching muscles. "We covered our tracks. Harry made sure the security cams are in place and working
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