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this shadow it's been several days since I've seen you."
He was wearing sunglasses and green swim trunks. He was seated at a
small table beside a swimming pool in the shade of a great umbrella, the
remains of a large lunch spread before. him. A lady in a blue bikini dived
into the pool and passed from my line of sight.
"Well, I'm glad to hear about that and-"
"So what happened to me, anyhow? I remember you said something about
someone slipping me some acid when I was a prisoner back at the Keep. Is
that how it went?"
"It seems very likely."
"I guess that's what happens when you drink the water," he mused.
"Okay. What's been going on while I've been out of it?"
Knowing how much to tell him was always a problem. So, "Where do we
stand?" I asked.
"Oh. That," he said.
"Yeah."
"Well, I've had a chance to do a lot of thinking," he replied, "and I'm
going to call it quits. Honor has been satisfied. It's pointless to keep
pushing this thing against everybody else. But I'm not about to put myself
in Random's hands for a kangaroo trial. Now it's your turn: Where do I stand
so far as Amber's concerned? Should I be looking over my shoulder?"
"Nobody's said anything yet, one way or the other. But Random is out of
town now and I just got back myself. '' I haven't really had a chance to
learn what the others' feelings might be on this thing
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