Snippet from BLOOD OF THE EARTH: “Rick wanted to cut you free. I made him go away.” “Thank you.” “He was kinda ornery about it all.” I smiled for real and said, “He’s a mite prickly about being told how to run things, isn’t he?” “He’s the senior agent. It’s possible that I shouldn’t have bitten him when he came at you with a knife.” I had a feeling that laughter would hurt rather badly, and so I just let my smile widen. “Probably not.” “Hindsight and all that,” Occam said. When I didn’t respond, he asked, “When do you want to be cut free?” I’d been evaluating my body while we talked and I said, “I think I’m as healed as I can get in this position.” Occam slid his hand from mine and I heard him draw a knife from a leather or cloth sheath, steel having its own distinctive note when touched. I opened my eyes...
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