-lined block. Speck moved as if simes before, and ted. Luco a staircase and pointed out a gap he main wall.

    quot;I dont t t. My oo big, and Im not t skinny.quot;

    quot;Luc; Speck said. quot;atc;

    old me t of softening ones bones. t is to t, simply realizing ones oy. quot;It  time, lad, like every good t trick to it. A matter of faitice.quot;

    o t sig narroemples took o er softening myself, I o remember to keep my muscles tense for a ice, squeezing became second nature.

    Underneatruck a matcouco a candle a  smelled of must and kerosene. Eacion brougures of to s on a slig trancee comfortably, rising to te ting. I cant tell you imes I bumped my  far ally, a sort of ion to t did not rest on tion, tter tside during ter. By lamplig someone ouc corner, a sort of easy cs. Lucte pouc, if  smoke. Grumbling, ed the crack.

    quot;So  rustic, but still ... civilization.quot;

    quot;Its grand.quot;

    quot;You  seen t part. t you ; Speck motioned me to follotled up to turned out a knob, and a panel dropped from ted  on t, ing for urn, looking up ty space. All at once, he frame.

    quot;Are you coming or not?quot; she whispered.

    I follo from our ced in t I could still make out—my  leapt at t—roer roy of books. Speck turned to me and asked, quot;No;