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“That wouldn’t be possible,” Molly said.
“It might be,” Luccio responded. “The energies concentrated around those islands would tend to make people unconsciously avoid them. If one did not have a firm destination fixed in mind, the vast majority of people in the area would swing around the islands without ever realizing what they were doing.”
I grunted. “And if there’s that much bad mojo spi
“If she is,” Molly asked, “then what do we do about it?”
Luccio tilted her head at me, frowning.
“Captain, I assume you already contacted the Council about getting reinforcements?”
“Yes,” she said. “They’ll be here as soon as possible-which is about nine hours from now.”
“Not fast enough,” I said, and narrowed my eyes in thought. “So we call in some favors.”
“Favors?” Luccio asked.
“Yeah,” I said. “I know a guy with a boat.”