Dancing Tides (234 page)

“Ge
t th
e
m to m
e
,
K
ee
g
a
n
,
a
nd
I
’
ll
e
nt
e
r
t
h
e
m into the
s
y
st
e
m just in
ca
s
e
,
”
E
th
a
n o
ff
e
re
d.

“T
h
a
nks.
T
h
e
n
I
g
u
e
ss l
e
t
’
s
g
e
t this
g
u
y
b
a
g
g
e
d
a
nd t
ra
nspo
r
t
e
d. St
e
v
e
,
a
r
e
y
ou
r
ea
d
y
?
”

St
e
ve
nodd
e
d.
“
I
t si
c
k
e
ns me
e
v
e
r
y
time
I
s
e
e
so
m
e
thing
like
this.”

“Yea
h.
I
t
n
e
v
e
r
c
e
a
s
e
s to
a
m
a
z
e
me
how
low
m
a
n
ca
n
g
o.”

T
h
a
t ni
g
ht,
K
ee
g
a
n stood
a
lon
g
side
B
r
a
n Sulliv
a
n
a
s he
p
e
r
f
o
r
m
e
d the
n
ec
r
op
s
y
on the s
ea
l inside
one
of
the
e
x
a
m
r
ooms th
e
y
r
outin
e
l
y
u
s
e
d to h
ea
l.

B
ut th
er
e
w
ould be
no
m
a
king
b
e
tt
e
r
toni
g
ht.

F
r
om
f
ive
fee
t
a
w
a
y
, Co
r
d obs
er
v
e
d the
p
r
o
ce
ss
w
ith his h
a
nds stu
ffe
d inside
his j
ea
ns po
c
k
e
ts.

H
e
wa
t
c
h
e
d
K
ee
g
a
n u
s
e
h
e
r
t
a
pe
m
e
a
su
r
e
to
g
a
u
ge
the
si
z
e
a
nd l
e
n
g
th
a
nd
th
e
n jot do
w
n in
f
o
r
m
a
tion in the
f
ile
b
e
f
o
r
e
shi
f
ti
n
g
f
o
c
us to
a
ss
i
st
B
ra
n.

She
b
e
g
a
n
b
y
h
a
ndi
n
g
o
f
f
inst
r
um
e
nts, one
b
y
o
n
e
,
w
h
e
n n
ee
d
e
d.

B
ut it
wa
s B
ra
n
w
ho d
u
g out the
f
i
r
st bull
e
t to the
h
ea
d, us
e
d the
f
o
r
c
e
ps to d
r
op it into a st
a
inl
e
ss st
ee
l bo
w
l.

“
W
e
ll,
I
’
m no m
a
r
ine
or
a
nim
a
l
e
x
p
er
t, but
I
do
k
now
a
.25-
ca
lib
e
r
slug
w
h
e
n
I
s
e
e
it,” Co
r
d
re
v
ea
l
e
d, l
ea
ni
n
g
c
l
os
e
r
f
or
the
f
i
r
st time
sin
c
e
e
nt
e
r
ing
t
h
e
r
oom.

B
ra
n
w
o
r
k
e
d on
g
e
tting
t
he
s
ec
ond one
out of
the
n
ec
k.
T
his one
s
e
e
m
e
d to
t
a
ke
long
e
r
to
reac
h.
B
ut
w
h
e
n he
bou
n
ce
d the
m
e
t
a
l into the
c
u
p, he
told Co
r
d,
“
S
e
e
if
it m
a
t
c
h
e
s the
oth
er
.
”

Co
r
d
e
x
a
min
e
d,
c
on
c
lud
e
d,
“
B
oth
ar
e
.25
-
ca
lib
e
r
slu
g
s.”

“Y
ou
wa
nt me
to op
e
n h
i
m up
a
ll the
w
a
y
,
K
ee
g
a
n
,
f
inish up the
e
x
a
m
?
”

“
I
t
’
s up to
y
ou, B
ra
n.
I
c
ould use
the
d
a
t
a
,
I
g
u
e
ss, but
a
t this point,
w
e
know
how
the poor
thing
di
e
d.”

“Ye
p, th
a
t
’
s
a
c
e
r
t
a
in
t
y
.
I
c
ould t
a
ke
blood
a
nd tissue
s
a
mpl
e
s,
c
h
e
c
k
f
or
di
s
ea
s
e
, m
i
g
ht be
a
ble
to use
the
in
f
o to
e
nh
a
n
c
e
y
our
stu
d
y
of
t
h
e
pollut
a
nts in the
area
.
S
e
e
w
h
y
he
wa
s on those
r
o
c
ks to b
e
g
in
w
ith.”

“T
h
e
n l
e
t
’
s do it.
Y
ou o
k
a
y
o
v
e
r
th
e
re
, Co
r
d
?
”

“
I
’
m holding
m
y
o
w
n
.
”

“T
his one
thinks h
e’
s tou
g
h, huh
K
e
e
g
a
n?
O
ne
su
r
g
e
r
y
und
e
r
his
b
e
lt, now
his
f
i
r
st n
ecr
op
s
y
a
nd
h
e’
s
r
ea
d
y
t
o
r
oll.”
B
ut B
ra
n
a
ss
e
ss
e
d the
m
a
n,
w
ho up to this point h
a
d poss
e
ss
e
d a
h
e
lluva
lot mo
r
e
g
r
it th
a
n
a
n
y
of
the
oth
e
r
knu
c
k
l
e
h
ea
ds
K
ee
g
a
n
h
a
d b
r
o
u
g
ht
ar
ou
n
d.
“E
v
e
r thou
g
ht of
pu
r
sui
n
g
this line
of
w
o
r
k, Co
r
d
?
”