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"Great," I said bitterly. "You sapped me down and rolled me for my poke, or the next thing to it. And now you tell me not to get in a game and try to get whole again. GREAT I SAID BITTERLY YOU SAPPED ME DOWN AND ROLLED ME FOR MY POKE OR THE NEXT THING TO IT AND NOW YOU TELL ME NOT TO GET IN A GAME AND TRY TO GET HOLE AGAIN
ed weakly. "What Lodge?" "Why, this Lodge," Lefty said, waving a hand around loosely. "It's an organization of folks with psi powers. Guys like you and me, Tex." "I'm no TK!" I growled. "I didn't manipulate those cards in any way." "Funny you say that," he said, looking interested and leaning his elbows on the desk. "You're right. I hadn't actually bothered to stack the deck, Tex. Just kept a light TK touch on it to see if you were moving cards. You weren't, but you were hitting them right all the time. I haven't had time to tell Maragon the boys on the Crap Patrol were wrong. It wasn't telekinesis, Tex. It was precognition. You're a PC, Tex." He stood up and pointed toward the door. I was shaking so badly from the heart attack the snake had induced that I got up helplessly and allowed him to steer me out by the elbow. "Remember," he said at the head of the steps that led down to the street. "You've got a week to make up your mind about joining the Lodge. In the meantime, don't gamble. THIN A WEEK WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT A LODGE I TRIED WEAKLY WHAT LODGE WHY THIS LODGE LEFTY SAID WAVING A HAND AROUND LOOSELY IT'S AN ORGANIZATION OF FOLKS WITH SIDE POWERS GUISE LIKE YOU AND ME TEXT I'M NO T I GROWLED I DIDN'T MANIPULATE THOSE CARDS IN ANY WAY FUNNY YOU SAY THAT HE SAID LOOKING INTERESTED AND LEANING HIS ELBOWS ON THE DESK YOU'RE RIGHT I HADN'T ACTUALLY BOTHERED TO STACK THE DECK TEXT JUST KEPT A LIGHT TOUCH ON IT TO SEE IF YOU WERE MOVING CARDS YOU WEREN'T BUT YOU WERE HITTING THEM RIGHT ALL THE TIME I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO TELL MARRAGON THE BOYS ON THE CRAP PATROL WERE WRONG IT WASN'T TELECHANISES TEXT IT WAS PRECOGNITION YOU'RE A P C TEX HE STOOD UP AND POINTED TOWARD THE DOOR I WAS SHAKING SO BADLY FROM THE HEART ATTACK THE SNAKE HAD INDUCED THAT I GOT UP HELPLESSLY AND ALLOWED HIM TO STEER ME OUT BY THE ELBOW REMEMBER HE SAID AT THE HEAD OF THE STEPS THAT LED DOWN TO THE STREET YOU'VE GOT A WEEK TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND ABOUT JOINING THE LODGE IN THE MEANTIME DON'T GAMBLE
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