went. She squeezed Spyders hand and he could see her fighting back tears.
Reaching the place where the tunnel exited through the old cavalry stables, Lulu asked, "Whats it going to be like back home, you think?"
"I dont know," said Spyder. "Youre covered, but I might have to leave town. Theres just some stuff I want to get from my place first. "
"Gonna be weird to be back. Gonna be weird to be back with a full set of eyes and insides and skin. "
"Weird can be good. "
"I noticed. "
They stepped off the coach, but when Spyder turned to help down Shrike and her father, they were gone.
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Worshipping Crocodiles
"Oh, you poor things," said Mrs. Porter.
When they got back to San Francisco, Spyder and Lulu, broke and shaky, managed to hitch a ride with the Porters, a family on vacation from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, whod had their bags stolen off the luggage carousel at SFO.
The Porters were very sympathetic to the nice Texas couple they found stranded at Fishermans Wharf, after Spyder fed them a story about their brand new Toyota hatchback being stolen. After theyd all piled into the Porters SUV, with both parents and three kids, Lyle Porter, the husband, launched into a non-stop monologue all the way to Spyders warehouse.
"These people they got workin at the airport, theyre not stealing to be evil. Where theyre from, stealings a way of life. Everybody does it, from the president to the police chief, from the school teachers to the local witch doctor. Every one of ems a goddam thief. Hell, if I was in their shoes, Id probably steal, too. But this is America. We dont need to do that kind of shi
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