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"What I do is a sacrifice Maria It's not easy and I'd rather not do it most times Moments like this can make it worth it, but it's still not easy In fact it can be downright tor! Are you sure you want this, because it's not too late to back out yet"

She seemed to have reached a cally, "I aoing to be around for the long haul so stop trying to scare me off"

Soroaned It was a tossup as to which was the stronger of the two e me and a smile had started to come out on her face

"What?" I asked defensively

She shook her head in refusal to answer s I didn't like about this working relationship, but I was stuck with it now

I dug a credit card out and handed it to her, "Use this to buy yourself some clothes and whatever items you may need, but nothe weight of I reco co at times I'll meet you back at the café in a few hours and then we'll leave the city"

I turned to go attend to my own needs when she called out to me, "Elon?"

I turned back

Maria looked as if she had so she wanted to say, which she hesitantly put words to, "This e're going to be doing is going to be dangerous no doubt I iine that you also have some rather extreme enemies"

Maria paused for a moment and then patted her side, "I have a 9ot You must have twenty knives and assorted other devices stashed all over your body That silky shirt you're wearing is so to bet that your leather coat would stop a high-powered rifle bullet The point is I feel both underdressed and under-arht I'd like to armor up some more, if it's not too much trouble?"

She had a valid point I had to admit

"On Robert Avenue off of 75th St there is a store called 'Kinks of the Trade' Tell the store owneryou want"