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"The water does," Dexter said, and hung up.

"But it hasn't kicked in."

When dawn came, Dexter climbed down from the tower. The town was a ruin, but two-thirds of the people were alive—because they had run when the sirens blared, or when they saw the flare, or when they noticed the strange old man on the pier who never smiled. torrent dexter

"Is it supposed to do that?" she asked.

He called the mayor at 6:15 AM. The mayor, a woman named Eva Renton who had won office on a promise of "no more fear-mongering," sighed into the phone. "Dexter, it's October. Storm season is over." "The water does," Dexter said, and hung up

"You saved them," she said quietly. "Against orders. Against everything." "The water does