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??Stay with her.”
I take Candy’s hand and squeeze it.
“I’m going for burgers. You want chili fries or onion rings?”
“Waffle fries, dumb-ass. You always get it wrong.”
“That’s ’cause waffle fries make the baby Jesus cry. I’ll be right back.”
I pull Bill aside.
“Stay with Candy. I’m getting her out of here.”
“How?”
“By pissing off God.”
“If anyone can do it, it’s you.”
“Be ready. With luck, the next people you see will be considerably shorter, but just as dangerous, so be nice.”
“That don’t sound the least bit ominous.”
Hesediel and I go back to the edge of the trees.
Arwan has wandered over by the door again and is smoking a pipe.
“Arwan.”
He looks up and, again, takes his sweet fucking time wandering over.
“Look who’s back. The big talker.”
“Listen to me. I know that you don’t like those people any more than I do.”
“Like doesn’t enter into it. Pay does.”
“I’m going to make you the deal of your lifetime.”
“Are you, welsher? Do tell.”
One of the poisonous centipedes strolls across my foot. I start to step on it. I’m fast, but Arwan crushes it under his boot and goes back to smoking almost before I can see it.
“I can get you home. And I can make you rich.”
“And pray tell, how will you accomplish these feats of legerdemain?”
“A friend of mine a little down the hill is sick. If you take her with you, I’ll tell you how to get home.”
He thinks about it for a second.
“I don’t think so. But it was lovely seeing you again. Feel free to attack anytime.”
“Wait. There are riches.”
He stops and turns.
