—18—Building Binary Search Ladders

You didn’t think we would change the password, Mr. Runtime?” asked a voice behind Frank.

Frank whipped his head around. The spy was strolling toward him, calm and unhurried. Frank tried to stand, but his left foot protested with a burst of pain. He settled for scooting around on his butt until he faced her.

“I didn’t think the Vinettees would have the ability to change it,” Frank admitted. “It’s hard to find an evil wizard these days. I hear their last wizard is selling coconuts now.”

“Difficult, yes. So many of the best evil wizards fled or took positions of commercially viable neutrality. However, it is not impossible to find help. Let’s just say the Vinettees were able to make a suitable arrangement. They ...

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