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"Probably true," I answered. "I guess we're all like that."
"You, too?"
"These days, yes. It's gotten that way."
"You know anything more about this situation that I should be aware
of?"
I shook my head. "This is very new, and she gave you the whole story I
know. Would you, perchance, know something about it that we don't?"
"Nope," he said. "It came as a surprise to me, too. But I've got to
pursue it."
"I guess so."
We were nearing my stretch of corridor now, and I felt obliged to
prepare him.
"We'll be to my rooms in a minute," I said, "and I just wanted you to
know your mother's in there. She's safe, but you won't find her too
talkative."
"I'm familiar with the results of that spell," he said. "I also recall
that you said you know how to lift it. So. . That leads into the next topic.
I've been thinking. This interlude is slowing us down a bit in our plan for
going after Mask and your brother."
"Not all that much," I responded.
"We don't really know how long this is going to take me, though," he
went on. "Supposing it drags out a bit? Or supposing something happens to
really slow me down?"
I gave him a quick glance.
"Like, what have you got in mind?" I asked.
"I don't know. I'm just supposing. Okay? I like to plan ahead. Say we
get delayed on this attack. . . ."
"All right
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