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"Kane wasa political commercial"
Tina’s jaw dropped "A commercial? Like for TV? Why didn’t you ask me? I would’ve--"
"You had school," I reht yet?"
Tina and her friend exchanged a look
"Tina, you of all people should know better" Tina and a friend--this one, o shopping If Tina hadn’t cut class that day, she would’ve been ed "So what? I onna happen to us now? We’re already dead"
Good point But still "If you want to learn de to study"
"I aave me Jenna even saw ue the subject" She planted herself directly in front of Kane, fists on her skinny hips "How come you didn’t ask me to be on TV? I’d be way better than those two corpses Are you sure they’re even reanimated?"
"I don’t have ti his zoirls
"Hey--"
"Tina, don’t bug hiht"
"Oh, yeah? Well, what aboutI’ll coes of Russom--"
"Twenty-five? But that’s--"
"The first twenty-five pages, toht, before school Six o’clock--be ready"
"Or what?"
"Or our deal’s off If you’re not going to be serious, I’ to teach you"
Tina kicked at the curb "Could you at least bring your flamethrower? That was cool"
It was ht, for an old lady of twenty-eight
BOTH ZOMBIES WERE SAFE IN THEIR BEDS, SLEEPING IT OFF They’d snooze through the day and wake up around sunset, starving, but no longer craving huood as new Or as good as newly risen, anyway
Kane put his arled in, enjoying his warhed contentedly, happy to be in this moment Safe and wars I had to discuss with Kane weren’t exactly cuddly
He looked at me, surprised, when I pulled away
"Kane," I said, "I know you’re worried about that tape, but I wasn’t exaggerating when I said we’ve got bigger things to worry about"
"Yes?"
I told hi the Harpies, Difethwr’s arrival, its e and sudden departure Goose bumps prickled my arms as I talked, and when I mentioned the Destroyer the de fro to Costello about?"
"Yeah" I watched for any flash of jealousy but came up empty Kane was focused on our Hellion proble to talk to the Witches of the Shield, see if they have any idea who punched a hole in it"
"And whether they can find the hole and repair it?"
"They can’t do that! Not while the Destroyer is running around Boston They’d trap it inside the city It’ll tear the place apart"