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Sick to your stomach? he said. I'd like to steal a whole goddamn herd and sell it, Dan said. She spent most of her days sitting in the loft, letting her feet dangle, remembering the old days with Dee and Jake. Why? Jake asked.

Dern right, I'll die, he said. At night lightning flickered high above the plains; thunder rumbled but no rain fell. July stood up. The bands were doomed, but they might last another year or two, whereas he was advancing into their country in the here and now.