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Tears welled in Nikki's eyes--tears of anger, wonder, and awe. Anger because although she had the ability to change the Titanic's fate, she could not use it. Wonder because if what Sef said was true, everything she thought she knew about the world--its very code--amounted to nothing at all. And awe at the sensation of magic--real magic!--slipping between her fingers, licking her flesh, and for just a moment, infusing her with the kind of power few others would ever know.
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