Lefty

“It, err . . . Well, it was me that called him here . . . And his work’s not
quite finished yet . . . ”
“That’s right.”

The next instant, D leapt easily from the saddle and onto the stage. He
exhibited remarkable recuperative powers for someone who’d met with an
intense explosion mere hours earlier, but his stamina was probably due, at
least in part, to the thing that lived in his left hand.

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