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If he can't get to the clock, any idea how we deal with this lot?"" With great care, " Donegan suggested." How about we run off shout and they follow?" Said Gracious. "Then, just when they think they've caught us they fall into our trap."" O K, " said Tanith. "And that trap would be?"" A big hole we'd dug earlier and covered with branches.' Tanith frowned. "I thought you were meant to be smart." Gracious frowned back at her. "Who told you that?"" Gracious is book smart, " said Donegan. "He leaves the real world thinking to people like you and me and small dogs that he meets."" The innocent are often the wisest.Derek Landy
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There's a clock on the wall. Press your hand against the face and turn it very slightly to the. Left. There'll be a click to tell you it's done."" Sounds easy enough."" Yes it does, " said Sanguine. "Kiss for good luck?"" Maybe later, " said Gracious."How about a handshake?" Asked Donegan.Derek Landy
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Portia followed after, a smirk on her face, and Syc hissed as he passed. Donegan waited till they were gone, then swung round to Gracious."He hissed at me."" He hissed at you."" Should I hiss back?"" It's a bit late."" He could still hear."" Not unless you run after him."" Do you think I should?"" Probably not."" I think I should."" It'd be a bit weird."" You might be right." Donegan pursed his lips, then shook his fist at the doorway." That showed him, " said Gracious.Donegan nodded. "He'll think twice about hissing at me again.Derek Landy
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He things we think he's a double agent, working for them but secretly working for us. He doesn't know we know he's a triple agent, working for them but secretly working for us but really he's secretly working for them. Dexter, how's your brain?"" Hurting.Derek Landy
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Night descended on Roarhaven like a woolly blanket of blackness with holes in it that were the stars.Derek Landy
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He looked at Ghastly. "Thoughts?""I want to kill Sanguine, " was the first thing Ghastly said. "And I want to do it slowly, in front of a lot of people. Using a hammer." Skulduggery nodded. "Very healthy.Derek Landy
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The door handle turned. Someone knocked, and a man's voice called, "Uh, hello?" Valkyrie looked at Skulduggery, looked back at the others, looked at Skulduggery again." Hello, " Skulduggery said, speaking loudly to be heard over the alarm. "Hi, " said the man. "The door's locked."" Is it?"" Yes."" That's funny" said Skulduggery. "Hold on a moment." He reached out, jiggled the handle a few times, then stepped back. "Yes, it's locked. You wouldn't happen to have the key, would you?" There was a delay in response from the other side. "I'm sorry, " the man called, "Who am I speaking .Derek Landy
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I was going straight for Mantis, but then that bloody gas got in my eyes and, I don't know, some massive bloke reared up in front of me. I hit him, but I swear, it was like hiting a wall." Gracious nodded. "You hit a wall." Maybury blinked at him. "I what?"" I saw it. You ran into a cloud of gas and stumbled around for a second until you reached a wall, and then you shrieked and punched it. It was very heroic.Derek Landy
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I am what prevents the Accelerator from being a bomb."" Except you didn't, " said Gracious. "Because you weren't around."" I got bored."" You're a machine."" Machines can become bored, too." Gracious looked suddenly concerned. "My toaster is bored?"" Perhaps, " said the Engineer. "I do not know many toasters.Derek Landy
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The Engineer smiled (internally, for of course it had no mouth). It was feeling good. It was feeling optimistic. Moving at its current speed, it would arrive back in Ireland in plenty of time to shut everything down before a series of overloads and power loops inevitably led to a sequence of events which would, in turn, eventually lead to the probable destruction of the world. The Engineer wasn't worried. And then the truck hit it.Derek Landy
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What are you doing?"" I'm, uh, acting normal."" No you're not. You're acting like someone pretending to be normal. Stop pretending and start acting, but don't act like you're not pretending, that'll make it worse.Derek Landy