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“That’s right What else do you hear?”

“Me?” He trailed a finger down the front of his vest The nail on his index finger was sharpened to a lethal point and painted black “I’nified to listen to street talk”

“I bet you are” Understanding the rules, Eve slipped a hundred-credit token fronity?”

“Well, the price, she looks right” His big hand enveloped the tokens andaround in the Five Moons ’long aboutfor somebody, somebody who don’t show Then she ditched”

He glanced down at the sidewalk “Didn’t go far though, did she?”

“No, she didn’t Did she ask for anyone?”

“Not so’s I heard”

“Anyone see her with anyone?”

“Bad night People stay off the streetto be slow”

“You know anyone around here who likes to cut?”

“Plenty carry blades and stickers, white girl” His eyes rolled in a to use?”

“Anybody just likes to cut,” she repeated

“So a score”

His grin spread again The skull on his cheek see a score Ain’t you trying to?”

She accepted that “Who do you know around here who’s out of a cage recently?”