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Gaia seemed startled She raised one hand and froze them in place "Look at this," Gaia marveled "Are they brave or stupid, Sa eyes

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"I couldn’t quite hear that," Gaia taunted

Sareen light There were no cries Just the wet-sandbag sound of bodies hitting the ground

"Open your eyes, Saht With your power"

She pushed hi

"On to the rest On to--" She fell silent suddenly He opened one soot-streaked eye and saw that Gaia was looking around, nervous Like she felt soe?" she asked aloud Then to Saht have the answer: "Where is Drake with the sister of Nemesis?"

"Astrid!" Sa then recovering "Hear me! I have your sister!"

"I don’t see her," Saet her" But Gaia chewed at her thuesture Sam had seen before

"You seem scared," Sam said

Gaia snarled at him and raised her own hands as if ready to kill hi to provokeShe had felt so she didn’t like

"Nemesis?" Saarabbed Sa him down the road, then broke into a run

Caine and Diana docked the boat at the marina The fire, which had been to the north, now seeh frohway The air was filled with ash, hard to breathe, hard to keep your eyes open I

"Should I tie off the boat?" Diana asked

Caine didn’t answer He levitated himself from the boat to the dock Then, with equal ease, he lifted the missiles in their crates and landed them safely on the wood planks

"Give me a hand," Diana said She held her hand up to him

He looked down at her "I don’t think so, Diana"

"What do you ently away fro out in style," he said