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Clunk! went the circuit breaker, and the house went dark again; only the text on the page in front of them
continued to glow, while in the back bedroom the dogs paused, then went on barking. Tom gestured
once more at the breaker box, and the lights came on. тАЬItтАЩs not like heтАЩs been physically absent from the
area for all this time, as far as I can tell,тАЭ Tom said. тАЬIf he were, certainly there would have been
something about it in the news, and thereтАЩs been nothing. But at the same time, this is not a normal
duration for a human Ordeal. We need to find out whatтАЩs going on, but quietly. Do you or Nita know
him well enough to look in on him and see whatтАЩs happening? Or do you know anyone who does?тАЭ

Kit shook his head. тАЬI can check with Neets, but sheтАЩs sure never mentioned him to me,тАЭ Kit said. тАЬWhy
bring me in on this, though? YouтАЩre a Senior; youтАЩd probably be able to tell a lot better than I can whatтАЩs
going on with him.тАЭ

тАЬWell,тАЭ Tom said, тАЬletтАЩs put it this way. How come you chose to do a direct transit here rather than just
walk over and knock on the front door?тАЭ

Kit was briefly surprised that Tom would bother asking so obvious a question. тАЬItтАЩs not exactly like

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youтАЩve got any kids of your own,тАЭ he said. тАЬAnd if the neighbors keep seeing kids wandering in and out
of here every five minutesтАФтАЭ

тАЬSay no more,тАЭ Tom said. тАЬWeтАЩre on the same wavelength. ItтАЩs just another facet of the way wizards
have to behave in our culture. Attracting attention to yourself is usually unwise. In this particular
situation, if people start noticing you in the neighborhood around the object of our mutual interest, they
wonтАЩt think too much about itтАФitтАЩs not far enough from your own stamping grounds to provoke
suspicion. Whereas if Carl or I went to investigate personally, notice might be taken. This kind of initial
fact-finding is better suited to a wizard of your age.тАЭ

тАЬBesides,тАЭ Carl said, peering up at the bottom of the cupboard, тАЬlately youтАЩve been evincing a certain
talent for finding things.тАЭ

тАЬWell, Ponch has,тАЭ Kit said.

тАЬIтАЩm not sure heтАЩd be producing these results without you as part of the team,тАЭ Carl said, as he applied
duct tape liberally to the cupboardтАЩs underside. тАЬLetтАЩs not get overly tangled up in details at the
moment.тАЭ

тАЬFrom a man in your position, that has a hollow ring,тАЭ Tom said.

тАЬSure, go ahead, mock me in my torment.тАЭ

тАЬAnyway, are you willing?тАЭ Tom said. тАЬTo go over there during the next couple of days? See what the
kidтАЩs doing, physically, talk to him if you can, try to get a sense of what his state of mind is.тАЭ

тАЬSure,тАЭ Kit said. тАЬAm I allowed to tell him IтАЩm a wizard, if he asks?тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩll leave that up to you,тАЭ Tom said. тАЬNormally I would suggest that you try to avoid it if possible. You