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"Quietly," I conceded, trying to get some saliva to flow again. The pressure against my spine eased off. QUIETLY I CONCEDED TRYING TO GET SOME SALIVA TO FLOW AGAIN THE PRESSURE AGAINST MY SPINE EASED OFF
. My fingers clawed at his jacket, and would have held him. But the other guy grabbed at my ankle and threw me down on the slippery cobbles again. I came up slower that time. I'd bunged up my kneecap more than I wanted to think about. Lefty was still out of reach. I called him a name that was always good for a fight in Texas, and started after him, but slower than before. I wasn't fast enough to avoid the hard thing that rammed against my spine. Even down in Texas, a gun in the back freezes you up. Lefty was all guts now that I was hung up on the gun barrel. It might as well have been a meat hook. "I warned you not to use psi in the game!" he snapped. "Now you'll have to talk to Pete." "One of us isn't going to live through this," I promised him, starting to reach for his throat. The gun jabbed a reminder to watch my manners. "Do you come quietly?" Lefty asked shrilly. "Or do we--?" The sudden shrillness of his voice scared me more than anything else. He was worked up worse than I was. T AS THOUGH I HAD BEEN REALLY CRIPPLED MY FINGERS CLAWED AT HIS JACKET AND WOULD HAVE HELD HIM BUT THE OTHER GUY GRABBED AT MY ANKLE AND THREW ME DOWN ON THE SLIPPERY COBBLES AGAIN I CAME UP SLOWER THAT TIME I'D BUNGED UP MY KNEE CAB MORE THAN I WANTED TO THINK ABOUT LEFTY WAS STILL OUT OF REACH I CALLED HIM A NAME THAT WAS ALWAYS GOOD FOR A FIGHT IN TEXAS AND STARTED AFTER HIM BUT SLOWER THAN BEFORE I WASN'T FAST ENOUGH TO AVOID THE HARD THING THAT RAMMED AGAINST MY SPINE EVEN DOWN IN TEXAS A GUN IN THE BACK FREEZES YOU UP LEFTY WAS ALL GUTS NOW THAT I WAS HUNG UP ON THE GUN BARREL IT MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN A MEAT HOOK I WARNED YOU NOT TO US SIGH IN THE GAME HE SNAPPED NOW YOU'LL HAVE TO TALK TO PETE ONE OF US ISN'T GOING TO LIVE THROUGH THIS I PROMISED HIM STARTING TO REACH FOR HIS THROAT THE GUN JABBED A REMINDER TO WATCH MY MANNERS DO YOU COME QUIETLY LEFTY ASKED SHRILLY OR DO WE THE SUDDEN SHRILLNESS OF HIS VOICE SCARED ME MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE HE WAS WORKED UP WORSE THAN I WAS
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