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They sat side by side for a time, as the Egyptian got his breath under control. He pulled himself up from branch to branch and trunk to trunk, slithering back sometimes on the grass and digging his fingers in. Berenika hasn’t been talking much. ” And it was, a sweet little room, like the private study of a single mom who’s stolen a corner in which to work on her secret novel.

He tries cursing and can’t. “Yes, of course. I’m an engineer. It looks a little … primitive here.