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Show bobbed back and forth insensibly, since she'd been plied liberally with Tartary whiskey to keep her from gasping and shrieking at every step and making the animals shy. Pebbles loosening from beneath her JackPony's feet seemed especially to terrify her, for she could hear them rolling off into the chasms and bouncing off rocks an infinity below them. The Lieutenant dropped back at a wide place in the path and spoke to Hoqqam. "Never fear, little pig," she said, "we will indeed stop the Grant-Sheblem band." She reached into her pack and pulled out a shiny weapon with a handle piece and a long slim barrel. "Seest thou, we have this toy!" She laughed delightedly. "Stole it I did from Jothra, whilst he was out somewhere, playing at swords. The Seljuk wishes to make many copies of it, when we take over the BauerNetwork. Then we Seljuk women will be the greatest in all of BauerWorlde!" Hoqqam looked at the shiny weapon, fascinated. "What be the thing?" he whispered to the big woman. "The disintegrator!" she crowed. "Jothra's disintegrator from the Midways-his family's ancient talisman!" 246 |