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"You can’t--"

"Can’t I?" I reply, before Astria can finish her sentence

"You won’t," Venus says weakly

"Won’t," Piper whispers Then she turns to her friends "My dad would kill ot expelled frohtly to the side, pursing her lips as she studiesthe options of her response

Toher head in slightly less es do the sa quietly, "Yes, Princess"

I bite back a smile

"Now, if you’ll excuse us," I say, tugging Peri’s hand and swiirls I used to be afraid of, "we have a very iet halfway up the raosh," I burst "That was kind of aweso as i to iant shell I begin peeling the paper offthe paper fro it onup for me," she says quietly

"Me?" I say, my kelpcake halfway to "

Peri shrugs "I guess we stood up for each other"

"Always," I say before taking a giant bite out ofher treat to find the ideal first bite, "what happened at the council ? Was it as bad as Astria said?"

"Oh, Peri," I say around my mouthful of kelpcake, so it sounds more like "Oh, berry" I s my ambitious bite "It ful"

"Tell me all about it" She leans her head on my shoulder "And don’t leave out the part about why your hair is blue"