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The Devil sulks for a while. Then he bandages his nose. He flutters back down into the world. He tastes the air with his tongue, since his nose is too hurt to sniff it, and he homes in on the house of Linus Evans, who will be Mr. Enemy: age nine.

Linus stares at the Devil with eyes that see no light.

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