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. Luna City is getting to be a slum."
"I'm afraid you're right."
"I fed him, too-there is a Sloppy Joe up the line. He eats enough for
four-perhaps you've noticed?"
"I have."
"Richard, I could not abandon Bill without feeding him and finding him a
safe bed. But tomorrow is another story. I told him that I expected him to shape
up-before breakfast."
"Hmmph. Bill would lie for a fried egg. He's a sad sack, Gwen. The
saddest."
"I don't think he can lie convincingly. At least I gave him something to
think about. He knows that I am angry with him, that I despise his notions, and
that the free lunch is about to shut its doors. I hope I have given him a
sleepless night. Here, dear-" She had been digging into the potting soil, under
the little maple. "For Richard. Better wash them." She handed me six cartridges,
Skoda 6.5 mm longs or monkey copies.
I picked one up, examined it. "Wonder woman, you continue to amaze me.
Where? When? How?"
Praise made her look sunnily happy and about twelve. "This morning. In
Kong. Black market, of course, which simply means finding which counter to look
under at Sears. I hid my Miyako under Tree-San before I went shopping, then
stashed the ammo there in leaving Xia's place. Sweetheart, I did not know what
sort of search we might have to stand if things got sticky in Kong-and they did,
but Auntie got us loose
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