Dancing Tides (144 page)

N
o
w
, his d
e
m
ea
nor
c
h
a
n
g
e
d
fr
om s
er
ious to t
ea
s
i
n
g
.
N
o lo
n
g
e
r
h
e
sit
a
nt to
dis
c
uss S
c
ott, he
f
ound he
w
a
s d
e
l
i
g
ht
e
d
a
t h
e
r
r
eac
tion.
H
e
d
ec
i
d
e
d he
lik
e
d the
id
e
a
of
y
a
nking
h
e
r
c
h
a
in a bit.
“N
ot
e
v
e
r
y
one
s
ee
s
h
im. M
a
y
be
y
ou just don
’
t
h
a
ve
w
h
a
t it t
a
k
e
s to im
a
g
ine
a
g
host
e
x
isting in
a
noth
e
r
r
e
a
lm.”

“Ar
e
y
ou
s
a
y
i
n
g
I
l
ac
k
i
m
a
g
i
na
tion
?
”

“
I
’
m s
a
y
i
n
g
y
ou
’
r
e
too s
e
r
ious
-
mind
e
d to b
e
li
e
ve
i
n the
notion th
a
t
g
hosts
wa
lk
a
mo
n
g us. A
biolo
g
ist like
y
ou
w
ouldn
’
t
c
onsid
e
r
it pl
a
u
sibl
e
.”

“
B
ut
y
ou h
a
v
e
s
ee
n him
multi
p
le
tim
e
s
?
”
Kee
g
a
n
a
sk
e
d.

“
Su
re
.
W
h
e
n he
isn
’
t in to
w
n or
a
t the
c
o
v
e
, h
e’
s
ar
ound h
e
r
e
most of
the
t
im
e
, bug
g
i
n
g the
h
e
ll out of
me
a
bout
s
om
e
thin
g
.
H
e
t
r
i
e
d to stop me
fr
om—”
I
t sudd
e
n
l
y
w
a
sn
’
t
a
s
f
un
n
y
a
s h
e’
d tho
u
g
ht.

Ke
e
g
a
n
’
s mouth d
r
opp
e
d
op
e
n.
“
S
c
ott
wa
s
w
ith
y
ou
F
r
id
a
y
n
i
g
ht?
A
nd
y
o
u did it
a
n
y
w
a
y
?
Co
r
d, th
a
t
’
s—not good.”

“
C
ra
z
y
?
”

She
bl
e
w
out a
b
r
e
a
th
a
n
d
ra
n nimble
f
i
n
g
er
s th
r
o
u
g
h h
e
r
h
a
i
r
. She
st
a
r
t
e
d
to p
ace
.
“
Y
ou s
e
e
S
c
ott
a
nd he
t
a
lks to
y
o
u, t
r
i
e
d to t
a
lk
y
ou out
of
g
oi
n
g
in
f
o
r
th
a
t s
w
im.”
I
t
d
aw
n
e
d
o
n h
e
r th
e
n.
“Wait a minute. T
h
a
t
wa
s
n
’
t the
f
i
r
st time
y
ou
t
r
i
e
d,
wa
s it
?
”
S
h
e
tu
r
n
e
d to
f
a
c
e
him.

H
e
s
w
ip
e
d a
h
a
nd
a
cr
oss
his
c
hin, sudd
e
n
l
y
r
e
lu
c
t
a
nt to t
e
ll h
e
r
mo
re
.
B
ut
w
a
t
c
hing
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
f
ill
w
ith dism
a
y
, he
d
ec
id
e
d to
c
ome
c
l
ea
n.
“
Ne
w
Y
e
ar’
s
D
a
y
.
I
’
d b
e
e
n h
er
e
a
bout
a
month. I
didn
’
t like
it v
e
r
y
m
u
c
h
.
I
miss
e
d C
a
ssi
e
.
I
wa
s
a
lone
a
nd—d
e
p
r
e
ss
e
d.
I
t
o
ok out the
.22
a
nd h
e
ld it und
e
r
m
y
c
hin.
T
h
e
g
un mis
f
i
r
e
d.”

Co
r
d
wa
t
c
h
e
d
K
e
e
g
a
n
g
o
w
hit
e
,
wa
t
c
h
e
d
a
s h
e
r
li
p
s p
ar
t
e
d
a
s if
s
h
e
wa
nt
e
d
to sp
ea
k but h
a
d t
r
ouble
f
o
r
mi
n
g
the
w
o
r
ds.
He
r
h
a
nd tho
u
g
h,
f
l
e
w
to h
e
r
mouth.

H
is j
a
w
ti
g
ht
e
n
e
d.
H
e
s
a
w
f
or
r
ea
l the
p
a
nic
in
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
a
nd
w
ond
e
r
e
d how
he
c
ould h
a
ve
e
v
e
n
c
onsid
e
re
d
e
ndi
n
g
h
is li
f
e
w
ithout mu
c
h of
a
f
i
g
ht.
W
h
a
t if
h
e’
d
b
ee
n
s
u
cce
ss
f
ul?
Tw
i
c
e now
h
e’
d t
r
i
e
d
a
nd
fa
i
l
e
d
a
nd
r
e
a
li
z
e
d he
n
e
v
e
r
wa
nt
e
d to put th
a
t kind of
look on
Ke
e
g
a
n
’
s
fac
e
e
v
e
r
a
g
a
in.