Part 5Amber was scared. What was he going to do? No sense telling the criminalsthat he wasn't Jake Watson that would be as believable as Chaney saying...he loved Barbara Streisand politics! Poor Doris kept screaming until theygagged her. Amber didn't blame her. He felt like screaming himself. Butthat wouldn't do any good.In as calm a voice as he could muster, Amber asked, "Actually, do youreally think you can get away with this, Mr. Dobbs?"The four men looked like they would kinda like to scratch. To follow him... and some day, to catch up with him... To follow that path... I have to clear the way!(A single leaf floats close to him and suddenly snaps. Shin'ichi jumps.)Officer: What is it?Shin'ichi: Nothing. It's just... just now... a leaf just flew in front of the kid and burst... Officer: What? Your eyes must be playing tricks on you.Shin'ichi (thinking): No, I saw it. Only one, but I definitely saw it break... I've heard about this. Only a first-class swordsman can do it. A screaming. Trinity:Monday evening Felicity and I put our heads together and went to Bernie. Somehow, I got the lead, which was hairy now that Bernie has rolled over and come up swinging. Man, did HE take me by surprise!"Master? About this afternoon..." I began.Bernie's eyes narrowed. "What about it?" Well, there wasn't much -- but there WERE the Wrights..." So?" Bernie eyed me. "What's YOUR interest in this -- as if I couldn't guess!"I waved my hands. "Not guilty, Master! We were just trying to figure out. “Well, that’s different. Now what can this fellow do?” he asked next.“Go ahead, Max,” Uncle Thad urged me, and I cast the shell spell, but stopped its expansion at about five hundred feet in diameter and tinted it a light green color, as we had agreed on the way up here. The older man stared around him in amazement, taking in the shell and its green color for many seconds.“Aye, I can see why you brought him to me now, Thady. Has he done this before?” he asked in a quiet voice.“Yes, he has. He.
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