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Ryu was silent for awhat I’d said

"I didn’t think of any of that Caleb’s in the area, with Iris, and I’ll send hiirls somewhere safe until we knohat’ll happen Then I’ll send a crew to do daive Ryu credit--he’d been incredibly kind to me ever since he’d becoan murdered Orin I do think part of his equanimity was that he was just so busy in his new role Busy, but also really, really happy, which I think said so about his priorities Ryu had loved me, in his oay, but he’d always loved power more

I never could have made him as happy as his current position did, and that fact had to be as clear to hi, Jane We’ve got tiht off the Red and left, can you ih people’s e a et in touch with our contacts in the huoing to play it?" I asked

"We’re not sure yet Everyone’s seen everything at this point The footage has gone viral on YouTube, andput up all the tiht have been able to contain it with just an ‘extinct species not really extinct’ story, but with all of you involved, we’ll need more"

"We had to do it We couldn’t let her destroy Paris" At ree And what’s done is done So we have to turn this into an opportunity, so out of the closet?" I asked

Ryu was silent again, thinking "Maybe" was his eventual answer "At least in a li to ride on you, Jane You’ve got to stop the Red, and quickly, before all hell breaks"

"Well, the good news is that I don’t think she’ll be showing up as a dragon anytih all of my impressions of our recent battles, and they were only now an when she’s huon And the Red is so powerful, yes, but she’s not built for staet destroyed, and then rise again It’s fire, after all And air

"She’s also Morrigan, though When she’s Morrigan she’s less powerful, but she’s also less vulnerable I think the Alfarto be subtle, do things under the radar, until she let the dragon out in Brighton I think after this defeat, the dragon will let Morrigan take control again Whichlizard on our hands, but we’ll also have a s power"

What I said ic After all, the whole point of the Red was that she didn’t make sense, so I could be completely off base At the end of the day, all we could do ait and see what she did next

"We’ll see," Ryu said, echoing ht But in the roup has to stop the Red Callelse"

"Thanks Letcomes up at hoood-byes

I let my arm flop down on the bed I felt a hell of a lot better after talking to Ryu andsure he’d take care of oing on until everything was over

Closing my eyes, I let myself finally relax

The best part was that I was already lying up against Anyan, so relaxing ainst him, even closer When I raised my face to his for an upside down kiss, his lips were there i peck, but next thing I knoas straining up against his hest

And then ain I broke off the kiss to look at

"Uh-oh," Anyan said, bracing ainst him I desperately, if rather stupidly, hoped that I wouldn’t need the bracing Maybeto ask

Needless to say, that wasn’t the purpose of his call

"Hey, Dad!" I said, brightly

"Dragons, Jane? Dragons?" He sounded really angry

I gulped "U you wouldn’t see that"

"The whole world saw it, Jane You had an ax And there was a dragon"

I closed rateful to feel Anyan squeeze ers

"Yes, well I’m okay"

"You’re obviously okay, but that’s not the point What are you doing?"

"What I have to, Dad"

"What do you etting killed And now you’re trying to get yourself killed again?"