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Poe crossed his arms over his chest "Yeah, but I don’t knoorks Do you?"

"I don’t" Worry was all I knew "Only that it results in death"

Heas powerful as the Infinityglass is a one-time-use type of weapon"

I rubbed the back of rowled in frustration "I want this to be resolved, and I want a inning to end Not y Not fairy dust Real answers that I can ith"

"I hate to bring you down even ress I can’t find out what activated Hallie’s Infinityglass ability I’ve read and reread the Skroll I’vewe’ve stolen in the past few ht it could have been this clock, but it’s not You said solass is supposed to have ulti is screwed up, I don’t think that’s the case anye docs on the Skroll bit by bit, and one finished up tonight"

"And?"

"I think the space tilass Hallie as a power source, or at least the rips are And I think it could deplete her There’s so to pull her in--"

I heard a noise and held up one finger

Ten seconds later, Hallie walked into the kitchen

Messy hair, red lips, and loose limbs She swiped the water bottle out ofdrink In thather back to her rooht disappeared real quick when she lowered the bottle

"When were you going to tell me there’s a death sentence on my head?"

Neither Poe or I answered Or moved

"I just spent so the water back toon Put it in lay definite," Poe started, but she held up one hand

"How about you go back to what you stopped discussing right before I walked in here, about science and ic? Depletion?" She pointed to her ears "Super-duper hearing these days, reme

Hallie looked back and forth between us "Thethe sword So one of you tell me what you know"

I looked at Poe I was the one with the theory, and I hadn’t even gotten a chance to explain it to hi this sword by myself I turned my attention to Hallie "You saw my notes"

"I sure did"

"There’s a theory that the Infinityglass can be used to transfer abilities fro that’s translated recently … suggests it involves death I don’t knohose, but I’"

"What I was just getting ready to explain to Poe is that the transenerate constantly, faster than nore your appearance"

"He knows all that So do I Why are you teaching Hallie 101?"

"There’s a progression," I said gently "Listen, okay?"

Pressing her lips together, she pulled out the chair beside Poe’s and sat

"Once the Infinityglass part of you becaot stronger," I continued "Everything about you got stronger, right? Super-huy"

She nodded