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"As a matter of fact, she was just by a little bit ago.
She a friend of yours?"

I nodded my head vigorously and showed my fangs.

"Crunch likes little woman. Pulled thorn from
Crunch's foot once. Where little woman go?"

"Well, she asked me where the police station was,
then took off in that direction . . . that way."

An awfully nice chap, really. I decided I could afford
to unbend a little.

"Crunch thanks nice man. If nice man needs strong
friend, call Crunch, okay?"

"Sure thing. And if I can help you any more, just give

a holler."

I left then before we got too chummy. I mean, there
are precious few people who will be civil, much less
nice, to a troll, and I was afraid of getting more interested
in continuing my conversation with him than with finding
Tananda. For the good of Arcadia, that would never do.

As it was, I guess my little chat had taken longer than
I had realized, for when I found Tananda she was sitting
dejectedly on the steps of the police station, her business
inside apparently already concluded. Things must have
gone better than I had dared hope, as she was not incar-
cerated, and the building was still standing.

"What ho, little sister," I called, as cheerily as I could
manage. "You look a little down at the mouth. Prob-
lems?"

"Oh. Hi ... Chumley? What are you doing here?"

Fortunately, I had anticipated this question and had
my answer well rehearsed.

"Just taking a bit of a holiday. I promised Aahz I
would stop by this dimension and check out a few poten-
tial investments, and when Skeeve said you were here

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as well, I thought I would stop by and see how you were