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"I'd be willing to wager, you won't get through to him."
"We'll see."
I concentrated and I reached. I reached again. A minute or so later I
wiped my brow.
"How'd you know?" I asked.
"Luke's blocking you. I would, too . . . under the circumstances."
"What circumstances?"
She gave me a quirked smile, crossed to a chair, and sat down.
"Now I have something to trade with you again," she said.
"Again?"
I studied her. Something jiggled and fell into place. "You've been
calling him `Luke' rather than `Rinaldo,' " I said.
"So I have."
"I'd been wondering when you'd show up again."
She continued to smile.
"I went and shot my eviction-notice spell," I observed. "Can't
complain, though. It probably saved my life. Do I owe you that one, in some
roundabout fashion?"
"I'm not proud. I'll take it."
"I'm going to ask you again what you want, and if you say it's to help
me or to protect me, I'm going to turn you into a coatrack."
She laughed.
"I'd have guessed you'd take whatever help you could get right now,"
she said.
"A lot depends on what you mean by `help' ."
"If you'll tell me what you have in mind, I'll tell you whether I can
be of any assistance."
"All right," I said. "I'm going to change clothes while I talk, though.
I don't feel like storming a citadel dressed like this
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