the pressure on his skull had
stabilized. It cost him to renew his own counter-imperativebut he felt the
tight circle of pain give way a stubborn fraction. Yesit was showing signs of
loosening. If he could just -
An urgent voice penetrated the surrounding fog.
“Inspector? Inspector McLeodare you all right?”
The words seemed to resonate and boom. The tide-wash of psychic reverberations threatened for a
moment to plunge McLeod back into chaos. Importunate hands clutched at his shouldersdemanding his
response.
Fixing the whole of his attention on the presence beyond the handsMcLeod forced his eyes open and
found himself gazing fuzzily up into the face of Donald Cochrane. He blinked and realized that he was no
longer wearing his spectacles. “Donald - “ he managed to gasp.
“I think I’d better call an ambulance” Cochrane saidreaching across him for one of the phones.
“No!” McLeod’s hand grasped hard at the constable’s sleeve. A part of him was somewhat astonished
to find that he was still in his chairif slumped rather precariously.
“Be all right” he managed to raspstruggling to make his vocal cords work. “No fuss,
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Cochrane hesitatehe added more forcefully“This is - not medicalDonald,
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He tried to punctuate the directive with a shake of his head. The attempted movement very nearly
caused him to pass out. Choking back a mouthful of bilehe repeated“Be… all right in a minute. Shut
the blinds. PleaseDonald,
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constable turned back to himMcLeod had had time to get his bearings. By some miraclethe door to his
office was all but closed. The origami lynx was lying intact a few feet from his chair. The fire evidently had
been only a visionary manifestation of the triggering reaction.
“Close the door” he whisperedgesturing jerkily toward it and steeling himself against another wave of
nausea as Cochrane obeyed. “D’ye see tha
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