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Life Sliced: Law of Attraction

A little later, leaving all the business of questions and interviews and evidence gathering behind, Peggy and Sara were wending their way back down the slope, toward the Blackport seafront. Evening had set in, and the lights were coming on, and the walk was mostly empty. That chill of autumn, despite the bright, if dimming sky, had set in, putting most off. But for Peggy, it was rather refreshing. It was slower going than the way up, since she was ambling along with a crutch under one arm, and a new swathe of bandages, around her ankle, under her tights. She'd sprained it, the nurse had said, but it wasn't all that bad. Just hurt a lot, earlier. They had at least managed to get their clothes back, from Sara's bag in the changing rooms. Which was just as well. She didn't fancy walking back home in her underwear, and she'd be wrestling the image of 'Sara' like that out of her head because she didn't want to foul up their friendship over something stupid for a whi- “Are you alright?”

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Partners in Grime

The horse snorted, and the woman paused. Lookin' around, edgy it seemed. She checked the saddle was strapped down tight, nodded to herself, when sure it was so. Without a word, and only a wary nod in the direction of camp, she bent to grab her carbine, slidin' it into the holster on the saddle, and a light coat, which she tucked under a strap on the back. And with that, Mrs Sadie Adler hauled herself up onto her mount, clicking her tongue an' guidin' it out down the dirt track, nice an' quiet. The muffled sound of hooves in grass an' mud soon givin' way to the chirpin' crickets an' like that made their home in the rushes around Clemens Point. Shadows folding in all around, in the trees, but for slices of light cast from a pale moon in the dark sky above. Arthur tipped up the brim of his hat, calmly, havin' watched the woman steal away in the night. It was his watch, an' probably he should have been annoyed that Mrs Adler seemed t' think simply that he'd been sittin' still, an'