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\chapauth{Zarimus}
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\chapter{Little Men}
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``It has happened again.'' moaned the dark clad priest, his rosary
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clenched in his left hand. With his right hand he held the old
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phone handset indicative of the respectable poverty of the church
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office. ``Can you come right away?'' Father Dennis almost sobbed into
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the phone.
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Evidently what he heard comforted him and he hung up with a
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relieved laugh. He turned and smiled down at the silent young boy
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playing with some small figures in the corner of the room. Father
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Dennis stepped forward and patted the boy on the head in a friendly
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way. ``Don't worry son, the detective will find out who brutally
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murdered your father and that man in the alley.''
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The boy did not look up, he was still playing with the small toys,
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little metal figurines of soldiers and knights and trolls he had
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been carrying in a small velvet purple bag ever since he and his
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mother had arrived at the church.
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In a short while there was a knock at the door and Father Dennis
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rose to greet the gray coated figure who introduced himself as
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Detective Luke Bavarious. ``The body is in the alley behind the
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church building.'' offered Father Dennis. ``You remember Nick,
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Detective?'' he said, pointing at the silent boy.
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``Yes I do Father Dennis.'' said Luke Bavarious, gazing with intent
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at the boy. ``Has he spoken yet?'' ``Not since his father was brutally
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torn apart, just like the man in the alley.'' Father Dennis faced
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the grim detective squarely. ``Is it a serial killer?''
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Detective Bavarious said grimly, ``We don't know yet. Let me have a
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look at that body.''
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In the alleyway Luke nodded to the policeman guarding the crime
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scene. ``Evening Bob. Know anything yet?''
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The policeman shrugged. ``Just that he died in a lot of blood. His
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arms ripped off.'' Luke raised an eyebrow in surprise. ``Just like
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the boy's father. Who was this guy?'' The policeman didn't know, as
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it turned out. Detective Bavarious wondered if they'd ever find out
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who was responsible.
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Back in the church office, the boy Nicholas carefully set down a
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small metal figurine that resembled a policeman. He then opened a
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tiny wooden box he took from his velvet bag and gazed silently at
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the two broken figurines it held. Both had their arms torn off. The
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boy picked up the policeman figurine and with a swift motion, tore
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off both arms.
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From the alley behind the church, he could already hear the
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screaming.
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{\bf The End}
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