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- His tail thumped once against the backseat, and then he shifted around to lay his head on Molly's shoulder. She immediately started scratching him reassuringly behind the ear, though her own expression was far from comfortable.
- I gave the girl half of a smile, and then got out of the car. Summer twilight was fading fast, and it was too hot to wear my duster. I had it on anyway, and I added the weight of the grey cloak of the Wardens of the White Council to the duster. Under all that, I wore a white silk shirt and cargo pants of heavy black cotton, plus my hiking boots.
- "Hat," I muttered. "Spurs. Next time, I swear."
- Ramirez slid out of the Beetle, grenades and gun and willow sword hanging from his belt, and staff gripped in his right hand. He paused to pull on a glove made out of heavy leather overlaid with a layer of slender steel plates, each inscribed with pictoglyphs that looked Aztec or Olmec or something.
- "That's new," I commented.
- He winked at me, and we checked our guns. My .44 revolver went back into my left-hand duster pocket, his back into its sheath.
- "You sure you don't want a grenade or two?" he asked.
- "I'm not comfortable with hand grenades," I said.
- "Suit yourself," he replied. "How about you, Molly?"
- He turned back to the car, hand on one of his grenades.
- The car was gone. The engine was still idling audibly.
- Ramirez let out a whistle and waved his staff into the space it had occupied until it clinked against metal. "Hey, not a bad veil. Pretty damned good, in fact."
- "She's got a gift," I said.
- Molly's voice came from nearby. "Thanks."
- Ramirez gave the approximate space where my apprentice sat a big grin and a gallant, vaguely Spanish little bow.
- Molly let out a suppressed giggle. The car's engine cut out, and she said, "Go on. I've got to keep compensating for the dust you're kicking up, and it's a pain."
- "Eyes open," I told her. "Use your head."
- "You too," Molly said.
- White Night Chapter 35, Page 355-358
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