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achieve them. On that latter point even Jin's father had trouble, and Jin could remember times
when only a long private talk with Cari had kept those hopes and dreams alive...

And with a jolt she realized that the younger girl had neatly deflected the conversation into a
right angle. "Never mind what _I'm_ going to need," she growled with mock irritation. "At the
moment it's _you_ who needs to know this stuff, because _you're_ the one who's going to be tested
on it tomorrow. Again--and remember the asperated-p in _pierec'eay'khartoh_ this time. You
pronounce it the wrong way to a Troft and he's either going to fall over laughing or else
challenge you to a duel."

Cari perked up a bit. "Why?--is it something dirty the way I said it?" she asked eagerly.

"Never mind," Jin told her. The error was, in fact, a fairly innocuous one, but she had no
intention of telling her cousin that. She could remember back three years to when she'd been
seventeen herself, and a slight hint of wickedness might help spice up a course Cari clearly
considered to be deathly dull. "Let's try it again," she said. "From the top."

Cari took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "_Misk'rhe_--"

Across the room the phone warbled. "I'll get it," Cari interrupted herself, bounding with clear
relief out of her chair and racing toward the instrument. "...Hello?... Oh, hi, Fay. Jin!--it's
your sister."

Jin unfolded her legs from beneath her and walked over to Cari's side. Three steps from the phone
screen the expression on Fay's face suddenly registered, and she took the remaining distance in
two quick strides. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"Thena MiGraw just called from Uncle Corwin's office," Fay said grimly. "There was some kind of
crazy incident there a few minutes ago, and Dad wound up shooting someone."

Beside Jin, Cari gasped. "He _what?_" Jin asked. "Did he kill him?"

"No idea yet. The guy's been rushed to the hospital, and Dad and Uncle Corwin are there now. Thena
said she'd call again and let us know if and when they learned anything."

Jin licked suddenly dry lips. "Which hospital are they at?"

Fay shook her head. "She said specifically _not_ to go there. Uncle Corwin told her he didn't want
anybody else underfoot while they sorted this out."

Jin gritted her teeth. Understandable, but she didn't have to like it. "Did she say how Dad was
doing? Or give any other details?"


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Fay shrugged uncomfortably. "Dad was pretty shaken up, I guess, but he wasn't falling apart. If
there were any other details Thena wasn't giving them out."