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area. At this point I was willing to wager that Sate's crew was down there somewhere. |
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On the other hand, if I accepted Madden's premise that the creatures numbered more than one, then I had to be willing to tackle a host of other unanswered questions. How many are there? And what was their role in all of this? And Kelto's repeated reference to an equinoctial awakening was raising other questions. |
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At that moment, I had only one objectiveto get Kendall to delay his planned sweep until he had the chance to hear Kelto's story and in turn listen to the plan Madden and I had developed to check out the caves. |
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There was one other disturbing dimension to the Chambers Bay situation that up to this point hadn't been given a great deal of consideration. If Kelto was right about the Emissary being someone who was moving freely in the mainstream of all this, then the so-called Emissary was in a position to reveal our plan to the true believers. |
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So, while Jake inched us back to the village, I used the opportunity to whip out the trusty old three-by-fives and frantically make notes on the whole affair. Kelto and B.C. rode in the cramped back seat, both morose, both absorbed in their own thoughts. It was almost twelve-thirty, and I was getting concerned about being able to |
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