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I don’t want it to happen again. “What does it say?” Eddie asked. His smile broadened. ”“That’s insane!” Susan spoke indignantly, as one is apt to when one hears one’s hometown unjustly maligned.

“And now I’ve put my life in your hands. So why the fuck?Henry thought some more—not, Eddie was convinced, because he didn’t know why, but because he had to think about how to articulate it. Shouting would do no good in here; the world was a roaring, squealing din. The brush piled at the mouth helps to keep any wandering livestock out, too—sometimes they’re drawn to it, gods know why.