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“Well,” Jane says. She grins gamely at all of them. “They’re going to destroy the world to get at me.”

“Yeah,” Edmund laughs.

There is a silence.

“I guess that means I can be a full member now,” she says. “Huh? Right?”

Linus’ face falls. Tom’s face is stricken.

There’s a silence.

“Of course,” says Edmund, after a bit.

Linus nods.

“. . . Yes,” Tom finally admits.

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