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"Hey, Annalisa" He nodded toward the stearill "Overheated"

I pointed to the colorful liquid pooling on the ground "Spewing coolant"

"Yeah, let's take a look The ure it out for sure" He popped open a panel, exposing a large, hot engine We stepped back to ad Tihed "Gotta open the radiator and let it cool But I need a rag-that sucker's hot" He started to go back to the bus, but Buck stopped hie, anyway" He peeled off the torn Fiery Boys T-shirt and tossed it to Big Ti place

I'd already been ad Buck's pue His ht A little of e love for hiot about the angry and withdrawn bass player I'd known all week

Big Tiine to loosen the radiator cap Then, with a yelp, he leapt back as much more steam billowed out "Gotta let this sucker cool off for a while" He offered the shirt back to Buck but it was filthy now, so Buck waved it away Big Tiround and wandered off

Alone with Buck, I sneaked one last look at his super-fine body then turned to face the engine I didn't need to get hiain The steam vented for a while, and soon I could see the massive motor "Wonder why it overheated?" I picked up Buck's T-shirt so I could poke around

He squinted at ed "I've worked on plenty of car engines Don't forget that I sell the" I stepped back and wiped sweat froines on the showroom floor are much cleaner than your tour bus" Even Zed's old cars had cleaner engines than this monstrosity

I turned to Buck and took a stab at conversation with Mr Gruines?"

"Some" Buck swayed his head from side to side "Could be a coolant leak We'll find out when they fill it up"

I nodded toward the coolant on the ground "If it's a leak, it can't be too bad or else there'd be nothing left to spill out Must be soine and poked around soine parts I checked the oil level, but it wasn't low and looked relatively clean The hoses looked good, too I'd have checked the thermostat if it wasn't still too hot to touch Besides, there wasn't much I could do without a decent toolkit