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If you don't take it soon, I'm afraid I shall drop it!" He swayed perilously.
Silas stepped quickly forward to take the stone, and as he did, the man on crutches lost his balance.
The crutch slid out from under him, and he began to topple sideways to his right.
No! Silas lunged to save the stone, lowering his weapon in the process.
But the keystone was moving away from him now.
As the man fell to his right, his left hand swung backward, and the cylinder tumbled from his palm onto the couch.
At the same instant, the metal crutch that had been sliding out from under the man seemed to accelerate, cutting a wide arc through the air toward Silas's leg.
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