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тАЬNot quite,тАЭ Raven sighed. тАЬI wanted you to be aware of what was
going on, and let you know that IтАЩm working on a solution right now.тАЭ
тАЬAnd what can you do about it?тАЭ Goban asked. тАЬYouтАЩre just a goddam
thief-catcher, after all.тАЩ
RavenтАЩs face crept into a slow smile that revealed a portion of the
predator hidden not so far beneath the surface. Even the sturdy ex-
mercenary quailed before RavenтАЩs expression. тАЬThat is as it may be,тАЭ
Raven told them, тАЬbut I have a few resources you canтАЩt begin to imagine.
And this is exactly whyтАФto handle things that you people arenтАЩt
equipped to deal with.
тАЬKeep that in mind,тАЭ he added coldly, тАЬand IтАЩll keep you informed.тАЭ
Folding the night around himself, he vanished before their eyes.



Goban grunted, rubbing at his scar with the tip of a forefinger as his
watchmen made the sign of the Triple God. The thief-catcher was a whole
barrel of secrets just waiting to explode all over the place. But the one
thing Goban knew was that he had the peoplesтАЩ best interests at heart.
Whatever else he was, Raven was one of the good guys. Scary strange,
perhaps, but he could live with that.
DidnтАЩt mean he had to like it.



Raven waited until half an hour before dawn to put the call into base.
It was an act of petty rebellion, but he just couldnтАЩt resist the temptation.
HeтАЩd been heading into slumber by the time the sun rose, so if they sent
the TAU agent in during the daylight hours, he or she would be left
cooling there until the sun set. He found the thought vaguely amusing.
It wasnтАЩt much, but it was one way to advertise his distaste for the
new rules and the status quo. He had been much happier when TAU was
doing its whole time-policing thing, before they abandoned that effort and
went into technological enforcement instead. Now they were meddling in
long-standing arrangements like his own and the whole situation had
stuck in his craw like an errant drill bit at the dentistтАЩs office.


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