RESISTIVE    He stepped over to the low table and poured himself a glass of wine.    "They're not only RESISTIVE, they're actually hindering your plans, slowing us up."    Rodrigues looked at him cooly.    "Then get rid of them. It's been done many times before, why can you not use the same tactics in this case? Why have you even brought such a simple matter to my attention?"    The other man set his glass down and bent over the table to look Rodrigues in the eye, palms down flat on the rich, oak surface.    "Because they cannot, they WILL not be captured. They elude us at every turn. Their traps and plots and moves are so carefully and so well planned, every detail taken into consideration, every weakness exploited to their advantage, every step, every second, every breath accounted for and preconceived... You and I both know, my lord, that there is only one who could achieve all of this and it has now been proven that he has joined their ranks."    Rodrigues' eyes widened and showed a gleam of fear and anger.    "Dejavo Covas!"    The other man nodded.    "El Sombra."

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