. He wondered what kind of reality he could patch out of a dusty desert and a six-shooter. explore a specific genre for the next "patched" story, or should we see what happened to Kael in the Plaza?

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Kael nodded, tucked the small book into his jacket, and vanished into the rain. Paco reached for the next book in the pile—a western called Vengeance at Red Creek

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