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What does she mean on the last few pages about the man who called Aiken - that he 'met a man?' I was assuming it was Hoyt that called her?

Tracy Valentine It was referring to Maggie's confrontation with Boots, where she told him to call her when he "met a man" -- in other words, when he'd had an experien…moreIt was referring to Maggie's confrontation with Boots, where she told him to call her when he "met a man" -- in other words, when he'd had an experience like the one she did at the jailbreak, when she had an epiphany about what it was like to be a persecuted human being. It was obviously Hoyt who called Aiken, and I think he meant that he had "met a man" who had given him the same feeling that Maggie had when she stared into that man's eyes after the jailbreak. (less)

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