“The world still doesn't know. The word never got out.”
“The word never gets out,” Snass assured him pleasantly.
“You mean if they had been alive when you found them—?”
Snass nodded. “They would have lived on with me and my people.”
“Anton got out,” Smoke challenged.
“I do not remember the name. How long ago?”
“Fourteen or fifteen years,” Smoke answered.
“So he pulled through, after all. Do you know, I've wondered about him. We called him Long Tooth. He was a strong man, a strong man.”
“La Perle came through here ten years ago.”
Snass shook his head.