They found places to skate that were several times more remote than
their most secret places to date. They made arrangements with some
people near there for food and housing. . .people so far from their
homes that they only knew of them by name. . .and they never, never
used their real names.
Their lessons of privacy were learned well. . .and over a period of
10 years. . .yet they practiced the art of privacy even more. . .to
spread out their sources of supplies, and the times when they would
need them, and how many were being supplied. They masqueraded as a
band of wandering gypsies, working hard in the fields in summer and
making sure they looked nothing like the pales ice-creatures all of
the world knew them as. They pretended to be part of a much larger
band of gypsies, who lived even more in secret, then they would buy
only from those who would not reveal them, and would only pay extra
for the secrecy when they came back for supplies the next time.
Finally. . .the time was right. . . .
At the end of one year's run of Winter Carnivals and Festivals they
announced they would give their own event, and invited everyone.
The vendors were invited both to watch AND to profit, and they even
hired other outside vendors to work for them so they would watch in
even more detail.
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