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.: If she were
what I thought, I didn't understand the request. I was half tempted to take
her to it, to find out what she had in mind. However, I was operating under
a system of priorities, and I'd a feeling she represented one concerning
which I'd made myself a promise and'; some elaborate preparations.
"Perhaps," I mumbled.
"Please. I'd really like to see it."
She seemed sincere. But my guess felt near-perfect.
Sufficient time had passed for that strange body-shifting spirit, which
had dogged my trail in many forms, to have; located a new host and then to
have zeroed in on me again and be insinuating itself into my good graces
once more. Coral was perfect for the role, her arrival appropriately timed,
her concern for my physical welfare manifest, her reflexes fast. I'd have
liked to keep her around for questioning, but I knew that she would simply
lie to me in the absence of proof or an emergency situation. And I did not
trust her. So I reviewed the spell I had prepared and hung on my way home
from Arbor House, a spell I had designed to expel a possessing entity from
its host. I hesitated a moment, though. My feelings toward her were
ambivalent. Even if she were the entity, I might be willing to put up with
her if I just knew her motive.
So, "What is it that you want?" I asked.
"Just to see it. Honestly," she answered
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