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"Nice!" Roshan shouts in approval

I’y now hones in on my task I hop onto the pole, then take a deep breath and start sprinting up it toward the building The ti up the dynaher, until I reach the wall of the building Haood dozen feet belohere I ae

I press ainst the wall, then reach for the rope atit and loop it around one of the spotlights along the bridge, I can pull et there first

Suddenly, soainst my waist I nearly lose my balance and fall off I look down

The loop of rope at rin as she holds it up How did she get it so quickly? How did she know I’d use it?

"You’re not the only one with tools, wild card," she calls up atin the light, and then flingscorner of the next story up She pulls herself higher

Haht it No time to fue upward along the wall, grabbing for each brick The two of us climb at a feverish pace

Hammie’s faster than I am She quickly outpaces me, and seconds later, I’m behind her by at least six feet I force e of the bridge, colors flash around us Other spheres and cubes suddenly appear, scattered over the bridge and against the walls Asher must have turned the rest of the power-ups back on My eyes dart to a power-up within reach

It’s a bright yellow sphere, hovering against the here I aive it a squeeze in low The world around e upward, cli twice as fast as I had been only ht as ular pace

The timer above the Morph power-up continues to count down Thirty seconds left

Instead of inching along the bridge as fast as I can, I give up several precious seconds and set a quick trap for Hammie I yank my hammer fro as I e Haht behindI’m so close to the power-up now

When I look behind ain

I blink What?

"Up here," her voice calls froht over me, as if she knew exactly what I would do to slow her down She was able to reach a power-up--Wings (terins, then dives for the Morph power-up

I launch off the edge of the bridge and lunge at her My hands grab for her legs I throw her off balance before she can reach the Morph power-up She lets out a startled, angry yell For an instant, with her power of flight still working, we tumble in place as she tries to shake me off Then, to e to dodge her first blow Her second hits ain, she doesn’t release rip and continues fighting ht as I see soer? Thieves aren’t supposed to have daggers In a flash, I realize that this must have been planned by Roshan Tre easily froer to test me on how I’d react in a situation like this

Ha speed

Most players wouldn’t have been able to dodge it But my reflexes have been honed on the streets as a bounty hunter The ambler, flashes back to me He had attacked me with a knife, a real knife As Ha on pure instinct--I release her completely with a shove, fall a little, and then shoot out rab her ankles

Her eyes widen Then her flight power-up runs out