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They have a point The Resistance was the only group that would even considera real rescue mission

‘He’s a little like you, actually,’ says Dee

That almost stopsin common’

‘You’d be surprised,’ says Dum

‘Stubborn, loyal, utterly driven to accomplish your mission’

‘Basically, you’re both crazy heroes’

‘And everybody thinks you’re both hot,’ says Dee

I scoff ‘Now I know you’re full of it’

‘You’re seriously going to tell us you haven’t noticed the way guys look at you?’

‘What guys? What are you talking about?’

They exchange glances ‘Girl,’ says Dee, ‘even before your latest stunt, you were becohter of all our events Butt-kicking girls have always been smokin’ hot, but in the postapocalyptic world we live in, the hottest thing around is a sielding, angel-slaying, foulmouthed--’

‘I’m not foulmouthed’

‘Yeah, well, nobody’s perfect,’ says Duirl killing an angel? Not that I’’

‘The angels put a bounty on this hypothetical girl’s head Anyone who turns this angel slayer in to theet that His bounty is puny co like wildfire,’ says Du able to control angel swords and even co de for you – I e, and the other half are toasting you with their last beer A lot of people are doing both’

‘So watch your back,’ says Dee ‘Whether it was you or not, people think it was you, and that et you killed’

‘What with your teddy bear sword and history with demons and all’ Dum raises his brows atat me

‘Just between us of course,’ says Dum

‘We’d never tell’ They’re freakishly identical when they say the sa to talk about it But the smarter part of els and command demons? I can fly too, but don’t tell anyone’

‘Uh-huh’ They look at e of subject ‘You guys see et away froee ca a resistance ar to do it all, but we finally ether to help hiistics’

‘And all because you had to go for a little joyride, and then give Obi an excuse to be the hero Speaking of which, hoas your bus ride?’

‘Yeah, the last ti us love notes fro you out, but Obi thought it was et those people off Alcatraz’

‘We wouldn’t have agreed if we’d known your mom was there’

‘Pain in the ass, let me tell ya’

‘You don’t need to tell me,’ I say ‘I know all about what a pain she can be’

Dee laughs ‘She’s like a weapons-grade pain in the ass We figured out to sic her on the bad guys, and she becae asset’