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The baby was gone.
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Gone?
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Eaten by animals, perhaps?
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There was no blood. Nothing like that.
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You're sure you left him there?
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Sure you didn't take pity at the last moment?
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It would only be natural.
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No, I swear! I left him just as you said.
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Then there must be some other explanation - must there not?
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There were some boys. I followed them back to Atlantis
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and they ended up in the streets just north of the Canopic Way.
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And then I lost them.