“If there’s a lick of trouble, Tavi will set something on fire—it’s easy to set something on fire, believe me—and I’ll see the smoke, knock down all the buildings between him and the dock, come get him, and we’ll leave. Nothing simpler.” Kitai gave Maximus a steady look. Then she shook her head, and said, “And the truly incredible part is . . . you actually believe it.” “Ambassador,” Max said, “in the course of my life, I have more than once been too ignorant to know that something was impossible before I did it anyway. I see no reason to jeopardize that success.”
