Dancing Tides (105 page)

“G
ood.”
H
e
sl
a
pp
e
d Co
r
d on the
b
ac
k
a
nd
added
,
“
N
o
w
,
y
ou
g
o
h
a
ve
y
o
u
r
s
e
lf
a
ni
c
e
din
n
e
r toni
g
ht
w
ith
m
y
g
i
r
l, minus the
boo
z
e
, of
c
ou
r
s
e
.
”

F
i
f
t
ee
n minut
e
s l
a
t
e
r
Co
r
d stood outside
the
g
a
te
a
t
F
MRC.
He’
d
a
l
r
ea
d
y
p
ush
e
d a
bu
zz
er a
nd
wa
it
e
d
f
o
r
som
e
one
t
o l
e
t him in.
I
nst
ea
d of
K
e
e
g
a
n tho
u
g
h, a
p
er
k
y
b
l
onde
st
r
oll
e
d up, hit a button
a
nd the
g
a
te
st
ar
t
e
d sliding
on its t
rac
k.

“H
i,
y
ou must be
Co
r
d.
I’
m
A
b
b
y
.
Ke
e
g
a
n
’
s
w
a
iting
f
o
r
y
ou ov
e
r
a
t the
h
o
use
on the oth
e
r
side
of
the
c
ompo
u
nd.
I
’
ll
wa
lk
y
ou ov
er
.
”

“T
his is some
pl
ace
.
I
t
’
s
l
a
r
g
e
r
t
h
a
n it looks
fr
om the
st
ree
t.”

“
I
t is.
B
ut th
a
t
’
s b
e
ca
use
it sp
rea
ds out in the
b
ac
k
a
nd t
a
k
e
s up h
a
lf
a
blo
c
k
in
acr
ea
g
e
.
W
e’r
e
v
e
r
y
p
r
oud of
the
w
o
r
k
w
e
do
h
er
e
but
w
e
’
r
e
qui
c
k
l
y
outg
r
o
w
i
n
g
this sp
ace
.
K
e
e
g
a
n
w
on
’
t t
a
lk
a
bout moving b
eca
us
e
—
mainly because
h
e
r
g
ra
n
d
p
are
nts m
a
de
t
h
is pl
a
c
e
—
w
h
a
t
y
ou
s
e
e
h
er
e tod
a
y
. Sh
e
’
s s
e
ntim
e
nt
a
l
a
nd
w
ho
c
ould bl
a
me
h
e
r
.”

L
ooki
n
g
a
r
ound, Co
r
d
c
a
u
g
ht the
unmist
a
k
a
ble
b
a
r
k of
a
s
e
a
lion.
“
I
s he
h
a
p
p
y
or
a
ng
r
y
?
”

A
b
b
y
l
a
u
g
h
e
d.
“
N
e
ith
er
.
T
h
a
t
’
s
E
lm
er
.
H
e
just li
k
e
s to
a
nnoun
c
e
his p
r
e
s
e
n
c
e
w
ith
a
utho
r
i
t
y
.”

I
t
w
a
s Co
r
d
’
s tu
r
n to l
a
u
g
h.
“T
his pl
a
c
e
is
a
m
a
z
i
n
g
.”

“
A
lot of
th
e
se
a
nim
a
ls
w
ould die
w
ithout
g
e
tting
r
e
s
c
u
e
d.
Y
ou like
a
nim
a
ls
?
”

“
I
do.
B
ut
I
’
ve
n
e
v
e
r
b
e
e
n
ar
ound
a
n
y
thi
n
g
so m
a
ssiv
e
.”

“
B
ut
y
ou
w
o
r
k on
a
f
ar
m
,”
A
b
b
y
point
e
d out.

“
I
t
’
s
c
ompl
e
t
e
l
y
di
f
f
e
r
e
nt th
a
n this.”

A
b
b
y
w
a
sn
’
t so su
r
e
a
b
o
ut th
a
t.
I
n h
e
r
book,
a
ni
m
a
ls
e
n m
a
sse
of
a
n
y
kind n
ee
d
e
d
T
L
C
w
h
e
th
e
r
th
e
y
we
r
e
c
o
w
s
or
s
e
a
lions.
“
K
e
e
g
a
n
w
a
nts to
g
ive
y
ou the
g
r
a
nd
tour
l
a
t
er
, so
y
ou
’
ll
g
e
t to s
e
e
the
b
i
g
pi
c
tu
re
.
I
t
’
s
a
re
m
ar
k
a
ble
p
l
ace
.
I’
m so lu
c
k
y
to be
a
p
ar
t
o
f
it
a
ll.”