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"You're lucky she didn't try to take you out, literally."
"I'm not so sure she would've," he replied. "We always got along pretty
well. Anyhow, none of this is the main reason I called. . . ."
I nodded, having already guessed as much.
"How's my mother doing?" he asked.
"Hasn't stirred," I answered. "She's safe."
"That's something," he said. "You know, it's kind of undignified for a
queen to be in that position. A coatrack. Jeez! "
"I agree," I agreed. "But what's the alternative?"
"Well, I'd sort of like to . . . get her freed," he said.
"What'll it take?"
``You raise a very thorny issue," I stated.
"I sort of figured that."
"I've a strong feeling she's the one behind this revenge business,
Luke, that she's the one who put you up to going after everybody. Like with
that bomb. Like encouraging you to set up that private army with modern
weapons, to use against Amber. Like trying for a hit on me every spring.
Like-"
"Okay, okay. You're right. I don't deny it. But things have changed-"
"Yeah. Her plans fell through and we've got her."
"That's not what I meant. I'm changed. I understand her now, and I
understand myself better. She can't push me around that way anymore."
"Why is that?"
"That trip I was on. . . . It shook loose my thinking quite a bit.
About her and me
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