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I'll be damned. But he didn't. The newcomer's head snapped around in quick little tics while his body remained perfectly still, reminding Deke of the way an owl remains perfectly still on its branch as it looks for prey. Talbot saw the umbra of something large moving behind the light, and he strained to discern whatit was: it seemed important to know what it was.

He stopped once to look back at the fire. It was the dreamcatcher. ” “Bull’s eye. He felt for Jonesy.