. ' thing they say on cop shows when they arrest someone.The inspector turned to me and said, "I understand that you were just recently released from ...the hospital after a head injury. Is that true?" Yes," I answered. "I fell on the diving board of our pool and hit my head which knocked me out." Well, I guess that clears you for threatening a State official. Normally I'd have to do something about that, but considering the injury and the provocation, I don't think it'll matter. I would. ”So I said, “What school do you go to? I mean, when you aren’t in Narnia.”Then we had a normal sort of conversation about schools and music and movies and whatever. It was kind of bizarre how normal it was. I found out more about Bec and she found out more about me. I figured out she was a little bit shy so I had to do more of the talking but that was okay. We didn’t talk about too much personal stuff or anything but it was probably the best talk I’ve had with someone close to my age for years.. I ducked into the room and did a quick search. This was a typical efficiency apartment with the bed folded into the wall. The others checked the closets, etc., while I pulled the bed down. When I did, a body fell out and rolled on the floor.Salamander made a quick check and said, She's still alive, but I don't know how long she can last. She has three bullets in the chest.Gecko immediately called 911 and gave a full report. She agreed to stay with the victim while the rest of us looked for the. He was a nurse I had gotten to know very well over the last year, and one of my good friends. He knew the tendency I had towards melodrama, but this time I was deadly serious. ‘You remember the accident I told you about when I was a kid? When I fell in the pool?’ J nodded. I’d fallen into a pool with one leg in, and one leg out when I was ten. Ouch. ‘Well, I ripped the hell out of myself. Down there. They managed to repair everything, but, well I’m just not as wide as most women are down there..
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