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I shut my-our-bedroom door behind me and saw Sinclair in a miserable huddle in the middle of the bed "It&039;s here now, isn&039;t it?" he asked "I can feel it Draining the strength from me"

"Oh, jeez, you&039;re such a baby! It&039;s just a Christmas tree It&039;s not a nuclear device"

He shuddered "You say to!" I heldWe had to putdown the day after toht?"

"It just went up! Oh, while I&039;o to you-knohat Eve dinner to bad "Yourwohted"

"Thanks but no thanks, huh?"

"I auys I swear"

"You will never understand, which is both boggling and frightening"

"Uh-huh You&039;re probably too freaked to get it up, aht?"

He cocked an eyebrow at ue

"Thanks for not un-hypnotizing Jon," I said drowsily, hed "Which reminds me, my report on President Cleveland is nearly finished"

"Ha! Serves you right Thanks"

"There is one s else, I&039;ood-looking Hitwe could But it appears Jon made a hard copy of the book before I reached hi with it We aren&039;t sure what"

"Why do I hate where this is going?"

"And if I ask hiet into his mind and ask him, it could jeopardize-"

"The footprints you&039;ve already left," I said glumly "You think he turned it in to his prof already?"

"I hope so Because otherwise, a book-lengthAnd if your column catches on, someone could see it and"

"Well it&039;ll probably turn up He was doing it for school; it&039;s not like he had soht?"

"Probably" Which is as close as Mr Buzzkill would ever get to ad would probably coh," he said as we both felt the sun start to come up on Christmas Eve "Undead and Unwed"

"That title sucks," I said, and then it waswent dark, and I herever it is va