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I didn't know why. I'd really like to know. I was still left with having to peel the tape off my arm, and the IV itself had to come out, mustn't forget that. Anita knows about bad people, Bernardo said.

But this can be understood in two ways. Either he was stupid, or he figured we wouldn't draw first blood in a public place. Darkness hung like a soft silken cloth, hanging against the sky, and the living light. He looked at me across the man's body.