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"Hamal did an outstanding job prepping her. You weren't there. She was downright scary."
"I don't know what girl you saw, but that one up there is as frightened and clueless as any I've ever come across."
Amalthea listened to the conversation, never pausing her pruning of the rose bushes that ran the length of the low wall surrounding her garden patio. They needed their time to sort things out before she would come in with the final word. And, she wasn't embarrassed to admit, she was interested in hearing about the strange girl from those who had seen her in action.
Zibanitu's unwillingness to commit himself to direct involvement had offered Amalthea this chance. That, and the fact that Phecda had been close at hand when she'd received information that The Ophiuchus had planned a mi
