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“hewindow”iasked.</p>
helitacigaretteandtuckeditbetainiuckitinthesllholeinthedoorywindow.</p>
faridgaveanotherdisssivelook,thisoy,andokinghisrudfort.</p>
“tashakor,”ittered.ileanedheadoutoftheidafteoonairrushpastfabereditbabaandihaddriventhroughthebrokenterrainbaountainssatalongdeepgesandsoaredtojaggedpeaks.oldfortresses,adobebling,toppedtheyeyesgluedtothesochsettledevenabit,thetruckskiddedarouau,rousingafreshwaveofnausea.</p>
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“len.goodforthesiess,”faridsaid.“ialhisdrive.”</p>
“nay,thankyou,”isaid.therethoughtofaddihertaught.”</p>
iregrettedbloy.“inthateso.”</p>
hegrabbedapaperbagfrohebackseatandpluckedahalflenoutofit.ibitdoinutes.“youiserablethanrude.iforcedaile.</p>
“oldediselfaselfsatisfiedlookintherearvieirror.heansapplethatonlypeekedfroehindhisbearduassoudreferredtobytajiksas“thelionofpanjsher.”</p>
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