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"What about ID?" he asked Flinx.
"Nothing. I looked." He eyed the other man, but that worthy was properly
subdued. The situation was not amusing anymore.
"We'll ask around. Won't we, Blade?" The giantess's companion nodded agreeably.
"So will I," said Jebcoat, "but I haven't heard tell of anyone missin' local,
and you know how fast that kind of news travels hereabouts."
"hope, nobody missing," the other man muttered. "Nobody. Would've heard. When'd
you find her?"
"Few days ago," Flinx told him.
"Then everybody 'd know by now if she was known around here. Must be a
newcomer," Jebcoat suggested.
"That's the way I see it."
"I know the agent at Alaspinport. If you like, I'll give 'im a call, take a copy
of the last couple of shuttle passenger manifests, tridee the ID. We can run 'em
through my processor."
"That might give us something," Flinx said gratefully.
"Not if she was brought in by private shuttle," Blade pointed out.
"Unlikely," Jebcoat said.I
"Unlikely, yeah, but not impossible. If that's the case‑" She eyed Flinx evenly.
"‑there'll be no record of her arrival."
"Maybe," Flinx said softly, "that's what the people who beat her up had in
mind."
The woman stared back at him, then turned to Jebeoat. "You're right; he's no
kid. You been around, boy," she told Flinx.
"That I have‑girl." He braced himself, but all she did was smile approvingly.
"Come on, Lundy." The two women rose to depart. Lundameilla towered over every
man in the room. Both drew appreciative stares. "We'll ask around for you, like
I said. Meantime we got to get back and check on our dredge. Lundy and me, we
got a claim up in the Sam berlin district." As she came around the table, she
bent quickly to whisper in Flinx's ear.
"You ever get up that way, stop by and say hello. Maybe we'll show you how we
operate together, Lundy and d. You might say we could show you the long and the
short of it."
"Leave the guy alone, Blade." Jebcoat was grinning hugely beneath the mustache.
"Can't you see he's blushing?"
"I am not blushing," Flinx insisted. "Redheads' skin is naturally flush."
"Okay, okay."
As Lundy strolled past, Flinx felt a distinct sharp pinch on his left buttock.
The giantess left him with that and a wink as she followed her companion out. He
made a face at Pip.
"I'm attacked and you do nothing."
The flying snake stared back blankly. Not for the first, time Flinx found
himself wondering exactly what the inidrag's intelligence level was.
Jebcoat put both hands flat on the table. "Let me make one quick call."
He did not have to leave the table to do so. Flinx watched him work the
communicator that was built into the table. Thousands of fine hardwoods filled