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She backed away from him slowly "I think I really need to leave now"

"No, wait" He let out a breath "This is all co"

"Was there soht?"

Yeah, she had a point "What I’ to say is, I’m sorry I hurt you and I think there’s soand I really need you to know I feel that way"

She was silent a et the horse," Tom said vehemently An explosion rumbled in the distance, so he took the opportunity to shoot the trainee, too close for comfort Then he turned back to her "This is the erov of Obsidian Corp approachedHe also wants ainst you He wrote a coned to incapacitate you My friend made sure that’s what it’s for, just in case I’m supposed to use it on you"

She jolted away fro to deploy it He risked raising his hands, even though he are the other group o! Listen, Medusa, I’ht I should warn you Actually, this is good news"

"Good news?"

"Yeah! LM Ly about what you and I can do--it’s because you’re winning too erov doesn’t like it, and he controls LM Lymer Fleet as well as Obsidian Corp He doesn’t want you finishing the war so soon I got it right out of the horse’s ain?

"LM Ly to do e are, Medusa Just lose here and there, and stop posing such a threat to their war racket, and they’ll back off They’ll leave you be"

Medusa hugged her arms across her body, and he was struck by how alone she looked in the clouds of fluorine gas billowing around her "You don’t plan to use the virus on me, then?"

"Are you serious?" To underhanded and vicious for the sake of winning? Is that what you’re saying?"

Toot a bad track record there, but you know, I took it onto use it, would I really stand here and tell you all about it beforehand?"

Apparently, the eneured out there was a sniper hidden nearby They were scouring the area, searching for their mysterious assailant Tom kept an eye out He was ready for the to set her at ease, "I’m a bit insulted here You really think I’d be the sort of supervillain who tells all his plans before he does the "I know for a fact you’re the gloating type I could see you explaining all your diabolical plans toover in terrible pain, like her words were hurting hiain, he saw her roll her eyes "Fine, Mordred I suppose you wouldn’t do the supervillain lecture I guess no one does it in real life"

"Actually, I knew a kid," he ad pretty diabolical Just before he did it, he gave me the whole lecture Like, an explanation about how he did it, his motives, all that, and even his evil plans for after he pulled it off I’ here"

Makis Katehi spotted Tom Tom hurled himself up before Makis could shout an alarround under the cover of the poisonous gas, and slit his throat Then he dove back for cover in hisplace and thrust a mound of dirt back over his body

"So I really don’t have a reason to be worried," Medusa said

"No No reason apart fro"