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Chapter 22

           Thatwouldbethenormalreaction,wouldn’tit?"Hegesturedrathercurtlytometogetaboard.Isteppeddownandsatonthethwartoppositetohim."Ionlywantedtothankyoufororganizingauniqueexperienceforme.""Iorganizednothing.""Ifindithardtobelievethat."Weremainedstaringateachother.Thered-and-whiteskullcapabovethemonkeyeyesgavehimtheairofaperformingchimpanzee.Andtherestoodthesun,thesea,theboat,somanyunambiguousthings,aroundus.Istillsmiled;buthewouldn’tsmileback.ItwasasifIhadcommittedafauxpasbyreferringtothesinging.Hestoopedtofitthestartinghandle."Here,letmedothat."Itookthehandle."ThelastthingIwanttodoistooffendyou.Iwon’tmentionitagain."Ibenttoturnthehandle.Suddenlyhishandwasonmyshoulder."Iamnotoffended,Nicholas.Idonotaskyoutobelieve.AllIaskyouistopretendtobelieve.Justpretendtobelieve.Itwillbeeasier."Itwasstrange.Bythatonegestureandasmallshiftinexpressionandtoneofvoice,heresolvedthetensionbetweenus.Iknewontheonehandthathewasplayingsomekindoftrickonme;atrickliketheonewiththeloadeddie.Ontheother,Ifeltthathehadafteralltakenasortoflikingforme.Ithought,asIheavedattheengine,ifhewantsmetoseemhisdupe,I’llseemhisdupe;butnotbehisdupe.Weheadedoutofthecove.Itwasdifficulttotalkwiththeenginegoing,andIstareddownthroughfiftyorsixtyfeetofwatertopatchesofpalerockstarredblackwithseaurchins.

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