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Edilio nodded, but he wasn’t there: he wasn’t tracking

"Diana, tell Edilio what you know about Gaia"

Diana did, but Edilio needed it repeated It was i on the lake Or er even had a chance to think? Had he seen it co? Had he seen Justin die before his eyes? That by itself would have killed hier

"Listen, Edilio Gaia’s going to kill everyone," Astrid said "The only good news is that we took Drake down Well, Brianna did Again, Brianna"

"What?" Edilio asked, confused He hadn’t followed anything they’d told hied a look "Diana," Astrid said, and nodded at Edilio

"Co to have a seat over on the steps," Diana said

"What was the screa Caine for injuries "Are you hurt?"

Caine was breathing hard, bent over, like he’d been kicked in the belly "She got

"Where?" Sahtened slowly His face was griainst his temple

"What’s that supposed to !" Caine yelled To Sam’s amazement it almost seemed he had tears in his eyes

Sam decided to take a less confrontational tack He didn’t need a fight with Caine "Listen, dude, whatever is going on, you need to tell me You’re supposed to watch my back"

Caine brushed dirt froe owned ht, the one in Perdido Beach I iine you remember"

"Yeah, I remember," Sam snapped "You and Drake tried pretty hard to kill me"

"After that I went to the eLook, it’s not so you can understand"

"But you fought against the gaiaphage later"

"It was already weakening And it was focused on Lana and Little Pete It’s stronger now Much stronger"

Sam frowned "Why Lana? Why would it care about Lana?"

"Itshehates Lana Lana lost it, Lana was taken, same as me, but Lana shut it down I don’t know if it’s because of Lana’s healing power or what, but Lanathe girl is tough and strong The gaiaphage doesn’t like that"