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Post by skybright on Sept 22, 2008 22:16:31 GMT -5
Daws said nothing for a long moment. Then she sighed and dropped her hands. "I know. I can't argue with that, because you're right."
She shrugged somewhat helplessly. "It's the how I'm concerned with, Jerod. You know there's no way on earth we'll have any help from Proteus in doing that -- or ever again, for that matter, if that's what we decide to do.
"And anyway," She sighed. "I can't figure any way to get to the real bad guys based on what we know now -- not in the time we have. Even if we find one or two of 'em . . . you really think we can stop them all before someone stops us, instead?"
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Post by Jordanna on Sept 22, 2008 22:27:05 GMT -5
Vance dropped his gaze, staring down at his clenching and unclenching hands. Finally he looked up.
"I don't know. There just... has to be something more." He made a frustrated pushing-away gesture with both hands. "I guess we'll have to talk to Cole, and see how much he thinks he can do politically." He spoke the word as if it tasted foul.
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Post by skybright on Sept 22, 2008 22:35:16 GMT -5
"Yeah. It's a place to start, anyway." Daws replied quietly.
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Post by Jordanna on Sept 22, 2008 22:39:40 GMT -5
"Okay." Vance let out a heavy sigh. "How long do you think it'll take us to get ahold of him?"
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Post by skybright on Sept 22, 2008 22:46:20 GMT -5
Daws rubbed the back of her neck. "I already left a message with his secretary to let him know we're looking for him. Might be early tomorrow before we hear back."
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Post by Jordanna on Sept 22, 2008 22:52:20 GMT -5
"We don't exactly have time to wait around for him to make a hole in his schedule." Vance scowled. "I'm willing to drop in on his apartment after hours if we have to, but this can't be treated like a public-relations power lunch with a flock of civic leaders. This is a war--and I'm holding him to his promises on it."
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Post by skybright on Sept 22, 2008 22:55:02 GMT -5
"No complaints from me there." Daws replied. "If we don't hear back by the time he usually heads for the roost, then we might as well pay him a little after-hours visit and let him know what's going down -- and what's expected of him."
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Post by Jordanna on Sept 22, 2008 23:06:43 GMT -5
"I'm all for that." Vance smiled humorlessly. "The kind of mood I'm in, he's gonna know not to give me the wrong answers, alright."
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Post by skybright on Sept 23, 2008 20:51:27 GMT -5
"Even if he can't read you, I think he'll probably be able to pick up on that." Daws replied with a humorless grin.
She waved vaguely at the photographs. "Okay, I'll call the place I'm thinkin' of and get things set for tonight. You guys can take whatever you need from this stuff."
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Post by Jordanna on Sept 23, 2008 22:24:28 GMT -5
"If you don't need it right now, we'll borrow it all for the night," Vance murmured, shuffling through the pictures. "I don't know exactly what we'll need. Who we pick up sorta depends on where we can pick 'em up."
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Post by skybright on Sept 23, 2008 22:28:15 GMT -5
Daws nodded and waved her hand. "Sure, take it with you -- I can't think of anything I'll need it for today."
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Post by Jordanna on Sept 23, 2008 22:38:44 GMT -5
"Right." Vance picked up the folder. "Call me if you get ahold of Cole. It might take me a little bit if I'm in the middle of collecting our 'specimen', but I'll get to you."
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Post by skybright on Sept 23, 2008 22:43:33 GMT -5
"Will do." Daws rested her hand lightly on his forearm. "Be careful out there, okay?"
She grimaced. "And watch out for these 'Mutant Citizens' Front' idiots, whoever they are. They seem like the sort of people who might have a bad habit of being in our way on this one."
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Post by Jordanna on Sept 23, 2008 22:48:17 GMT -5
Vance squeezed Daws' hand. "I hear you. We'll keep an eye out--and if we run across any of these interlopers, you can bet we'll pin them down long enough to get some answers out of 'em."
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Post by skybright on Sept 23, 2008 22:56:58 GMT -5
Daws grinned. "Okay then. Guess I'll see you tonight."
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Post by Jordanna on Sept 23, 2008 23:08:47 GMT -5
Vance nodded, smiling flatly. "You, me, Cole, Proteus--and our patsy. Oughta be a fun party, alright."
He glanced at Handy, and the two men left the office.
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