_No,_ she said. But we owe you our lives. The Cartagena police had ultimately taken their investigation elsewhere, but it was clear thatno matter how powerful his urge, this was not a good time for Dread to slake his thirst for thehunt. Then how can you be sure that he _isn't_ from here--that is, thathe's not a Puppet you just hadn't encountered yet? Is there a list of Citizens and Puppets? Oh, no, Eleanora laughed.
I go'd up atree, but they almost saw me. I imagined our virtual bodies being tested by the Thousand Cuts or something similar, and forthe first time the likelihood of torture and death truly struck me. That indreams, we still touch the Dreamtime. Because it isbetter than killing myself.
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