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. 'Richard Ames' was bom in Hong Kong
Luna-it says here."
"Oh."
"But attempting to backtrack Schultz is indeed something I should try
before I try to locate all six. If I knew that Schultz had never been out-far, I
would look first close to home- Luna, and dirtside, and all habitats
ballistically coupled to Terra or Luna. Not the Asteroid Belt. Or even on Mars."
"Richard? Suppose that the purpose is to- No, that's silly."
"What's silly, dear? Try it on me anyhow."
"Uh, suppose this-whatever it is-conspiracy, I suppose-isn't aimed at Ron
Tolliver or any other Tolliver, but is aimed at you and your six friends, the
'Walker Evans' people. Could the purpose be to get you to take strong measures
to get in touch with all the others? And thereby get you to lead them, whoever
they are, to all seven of you? Could it be a vendetta? Could whatever happened
cause a vendetta against all seven of you?"
I had a cold feeling at the pit of my stomach. "Yes, that could be.
Although not, I think, in this case. As it would not explain why Schultz was
killed."
"I said it was silly."
"Wait a moment. Was Schultz killed?"
"Why, we both saw it, Richard."
"Did we? I thought I saw it. But I admitted that it could have been faked.
What I saw appeared to be death by explosive dart. But- Two simple props, Gwen.
One makes a small dark spot appear on Schultz's shirt
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