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The helicopter carrying Paul Trujoldplatfor drill sites in the Dragon&039;s Mouth The passage earned its name from the toothy spears of rock that pierced the surface of the water and connected the dots between Trinidad&039;s Chaguara Peninsula and the coastal range of the Venezuelan mainland Many a ship&039;s hull had been chewed by those teeth when her captain didn&039;t know the waters, or he was caught by a stor that soon&039;s Mouth were also believed by the locals to be haunted or cursed?

"Sorry to pull you out of the lab," Frik shouted over the slowing thump of the blades as he reached up and helped Paul out of the chopper

Such courtesy, Paul thought Must be so on?"

"I sent a couple of divers down Only one of the on the deck before he could tell us a thing"

"Sounds like a bad case of the bends" Must have shot straight to the surface without a decoh to do that? Paul winced at the thought of nitrogen bubbles fizzing through his bloodstrean of the other?"

Frik shot him a look "I told you Only one cao"

Paul always felt an uncoation around Frikkie, to whohter&039;s long years of schooling The debt forced hie the fact that he neither liked nor trusted his boss What&039;s er by a decade, feel like the older of the two Somehow the older er Piercing blue eyes and even white teeth glea to gray at the temples Paul was shorter, darker, heavier, and, in the looks department, somewhat further down the evolutionary tree All the way back to A in vain for the princess&039;s kiss that would turn hile-minded An expert manipulator

Like now

Paul was sorry about the men, but that was hardly a reason for Frik to dehtdiver?"

"Not exactly I need your help with these lazy bastards who are refusing to go on working"

"Why?"