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@@@@@On Duma Key, broken
people seem to be special peopleWhen they cease
being broken, they cease being specialYou're still broken, so you're still
special
"I'm not sure what you're getting at
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"Because you're trying to make a simple thing hard
Look in front of you, muchacho, what do you see?"
"The GulfWhat you call the caldo largo
"And what do you spend most of your time
painting?"
"The Gulf
"And what is painting?"
"Painting is seeing, I guessAnd what is seeing on Duma
Key?"
Feeling like a child reciting a lesson of which
he's not quite sure, I said: "Special seeing?"
"YesSo what do you think, Edgar? Were those dead
girls there last night or not?"
I felt a chill up my backI think you saw the ghosts of
her sisters
"I'm frightened of them I said this in a low
voiceI don't think ghosts can hurt people
"Maybe not ordinary people in an ordinary place,"
I said
He nodded, rather reluctantlySo what
do you want to do?"
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"What I don't want to do is leaveI'm not done
here yet
I wasn't just thinking of the show - the bubble
reputationI just didn't know
what the more wasIf I'd attempted
putting it into words, it would have come out
sounding stupid, like something written on a
fortune cookieSomething with the word fate in it
"Do you want to come down here to the Palacio?
Move in with us?"
"No I thought that might make matters even worse,
someho
