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The lawns were as green as the Emerald City. They were back at the boat. unknown?”I noticed that Harry’s disembodied floating head looked away, as if he were avoiding the question. She watched him for a moment, wondering how long he had been working without real sleep, wondering if it was the patient in front of him he was operating on, or one that existed only in his dreams.

There were no dreams that night, just me staring into darkness and seeing Delbert’s male beauty. The road is high off the ground so you can’t be seen. Audrey always looks calm and rested. Smiling, I sat on the gunwale in front of her.