Quotation

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He rubbed the metal through the plastic. Then he stopped. It was like rubbing a genie’s lamp. He had made a silly wish, never thinking it would come true. But it just had. The last piece had just fallen into place. It took him all of three minutes to pack up pretty much all he had. It fit into a bag two feet square with room to spare. “Well, that would have been a little obvious,” said Wyatt. “So I chose symbolism over literalness.” “Debbie again. I told her I might have to recruit some of them in case I needed local muscle. It was stupid but she’d believe anything.” “It’s called a double constrictor knot. It’s like a clove hitch but with an overhand knot under two riding turns. I actually practiced tying it on the flight back from Utah. I discovered that it’s nearly impossible to untie once the knot is set. In fact, it’s one of the most effective binding knots in the world. Been around at least since the 1860s. It’s also called the gunner’s knot.”