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of the cable cars flashed through her mind, and the yearning in her heart inexplicably surged severalfold."I want to take the cable car!"She spoke in a voice as soft as a mosquito's whine, but she did...stened to the howling north wind. She let out a long sigh, then leaned back, curled up into a ball, and closed her eyes.The ground beneath her was hard and unyielding, nothing like the softness of a b...