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He pointed one of his wormy tentacle fingers at Rachel. Or, more
precisely, at her hair.

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The negotiation was not pretty.

The Iskoort wanted to shave Rachel's head. She explained very calmly
that she would remove his head and use it for a soccer ball before that
ever happened.

In the end, Rachel lost six inches of blond hair. What was left came to
just below her ears.

"You know, it looks good," Cassie said.

"This from the girl who buys all her clothes from L.L. Bean," Rachel
grumbled.

But the truth was, it did look good. Possibly because Erek did the
cutting. "I used to cut Catherine the Great's hair," he explained,
sounding apologetic, like it was embarrassing to admit

41 that he'd been alive since Moses was wandering around in the desert.

In exchange, we got Guide. That was his name: Guide. His full name was
Guide, Grub of Skin-seller, brother of Memory Wholesaler.

He was a young Iskoort. Which did not make him any less annoying. The
first thing he did was try to improve the deal by getting Ax to let him
have the last foot and a half of his tail.

Ax said no.

Marco said, "You know what? You jerk us around, Guide, and Ax will give
you the last foot and a half of his tail."

Guide understood the threat. He became easier to deal with after that.
He only asked for memories, clothing, hair, and various body parts every
hour or so, rather than constantly.

"One question, right up front: Have you seen any other off-world
strangers?" I asked him.

<0ff-worlders? Of course! The City of Beauty is temporary home to many,
many off-worlders.>

"Probably drawn here by the charm of the residents," Cassie said dryly.