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answers, I might just take a poke at him, too. But I have other
reasons for wanting to visit Emerald City. Moore and his gang
are out here somewhere. We might be safer inside the city."

"Maybe Prime invited them to lunch, too," Roland said.

"When? Did I miss something? Or did they get here before
us? I thought Moore and his crew took off in the other direc-
tion." _^

"Maybe Prime contacted them by radio... or telepathy or
some such wonder."

"He didn't contact us that way."

"True," Roland admitted. "But he might still do that thing
тАФinvite them."

"Okay," I said, "I'll buy that, but we'll have to inform
Prime that under no circumstances will we remain under the
same roof with those birds."

"I'll drink to that," Sean said. "Which reminds me, I've a
god-awful thirst."

Our beer reserves also had been under strict rationing.

Susan said, "Do you really think they're still after us? I
mean, what do we have that they want? The Black Cube?"

"I'd give them that," I said. "Nobody seems to want the
damn thing."

"One good thing," Sam said. "Old Corey Wilkes won't be
giving us any trouble. He was behind it all, and now that he's
gone, I think Moore might have a hard time thinking up rea-
sons to give us grief."

"Except that he has a score to settle with me," I said.

"Well, maybe. You'd think he'd've had just about enough
by now."

"Not our Mr. Moore," Liam said. "You don't know him,


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