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"I don’t like it," Kingsley said

"You don’t like sley admitted "When ere in school, ere all like scared puppies, and you, you were a wolf I don’t like seeing you"

"What?"

"Domesticated They even put a collar on you"

"I put on my own collar"

"You used to scare me"

"Have you considered the possibility that the reason I don’t scare you now is that you aren’t a puppy anysley looked at Søren and barked Søren only looked at him Maybe he should try a bite next time

"If it makes you feel any better," Søren said, "the wolf is still there, but he’s on a stronger leash"

"You let the wolf off the leash with er leash"

"I don’t know if I want to pay this Magdalena person for "

"What she did was make me take myself less seriously, which is, as you know, the first of three miracles she’ll need to qualify for sainthood"

"I envy her," Kingsley said "She had you in her life I never thought I’d see you again"

"We wouldn’t be having this conversation if it wasn’t for her," Søren said "I wouldn’t have been able to face you without her help"

"Then I suppose I owe her, too Even if you do yell at sley asked

"Why?"

"I’ll send her a check If she’s the reason you’re here right now, then I owe her and you both"

Søren sighed, picked up a pen and a scrap of paper off Kingsley’s desk and wrote the address He held it out, and Kingsley reached for it Søren pulled it back out of his grasp

"I knohat you’re doing," Søren said

"What aht and looked pointedly at Kingsley’s filing cabinets

"Blaise has a big sley said "One of her better qualities Usually"