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"What does this tell us about how to get rid of the that has a chance" He was silent a ot that dreahly abstract concept "A a!" he exclaiht actually be capable, on sos, repairing da about the concept that resonates with ut level but it’s so bloody far beyond my ability to interpret and elucidate that I feel like a child, staring up at the night sky, wondering what the Milky Way is Regardless, the fabric of our world is unraveling and has to be stitched back together again so the Fae used to know is the only thing that’s going to work An Unseelie created the holes It seems quid pro quo that a Seelie must repair theet somewhere, but I don’t think we have a tenth that rimly "Perhaps even less"

His eyes widened "You know that for sure?"

I nodded

He plunged his hands into his hair, raking it back "Mega, we’re at a co We need soment of thefor, and stand a chance at figuring out what the bloody hell it is!"

I pressed a hand to my forehead It was hot I couldn’t recall the last tiry "Do you have anything high calorie to eat around here?"

"Always" He led me to a se was loaded with food There were boxes and boxes of chilled protein bars Peanut butter Even beef jerky and lass jar of milk, topped with a yellow layer of heavy crea

"Ryodan," he said, and rolled his eyes "He’s bloody well taken over the bloody world and suddenly everyone has food WhichGot this, too" With his foot he nudged a box toward oods

Chocolate syrup! I unscrewed the top off the lass bottle and shook theseconds, only stopping with a twinge of embarrassment when there were a few inches left to ask him hastily, "Did you want any of this?" When he shook his head, s faintly, I finished it, and chased it with two protein bars That was better I could feeldown already

"We have the queen," I told hi et her to come back here?"

I filled hi the parts abouth his hair by the time I finished "I need to talk to Mac Now Like, this very instant"

"If Mac had any infor it I think it’s going to take tiure out how to use it"

"Ti we don’t have," he said darkly

When I left, after proht so he could demonstrate his latest invention--"And maybe we could take it out for a test drive," he’d said, eyes sparkling--I headed down the hall and was about to access the slipstrea down the corridor toward lacial hostility I considered kicking up and blasting past her with an elbow casually protruding but that was so in slow-mo

We approached each other with equal coolness I couldn’t help but wonder if she was his girlfriend now She sure acted like she was Or his keeper

We drew up a few feet apart "You," she said with icy disdain

"Caoi back? We don’t need you And I sure as hell don’t want you here It was a grand month without you around"

"I’m just his friend," I said in a voice void of inflection

"No you’re not," she spat "If you were his ‘friend’ you wouldn’t cause him so much worry, make him take so many careless risks If you were his ‘friend’ you’d realize he may have a super brain but he’s no bloody superhero A true friend wouldn’t subject hians with no consideration whatsoever for what’s good for hiin of her hostility It seemed as if it had to be more than mere jealousy, and I didn’t see any reason for her to be jealous of ht defuse the tension between us Discord was illogical We had too many problems already We couldn’t afford to create more for ourselves

She tossed her head impatiently "Oooh! You think that’s what this is about? I’ your selfish head out of your selfish ass? Yes, I love Dancer I freely admit it Most of the women here do, he’s dahtful, brilliant But this is about his well-being not mine That’s what love is, how it behaves, but you obviously don’t know a thing about it The only person you love is yourself Did you e in another one of your little adventures with hiht? Whiz hioof off’ and play at being superheroes together?"