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"Howed "We could be there late tonight or toet to the fort? Will the other gods hurt Joe and Bea?"

"We’re notforget it" I let it go "To answer your question, I won’t let anyone hurt them--or you If you behave"

"We will behave I swear to myself"

"Swear to yourself? You Are Not A God"

He waved that away "Tell me about your alliance How do you expect to defeat someone like the Emperor? Can’t he sio "We have advantages that I won’t tell you about And strength in numbers"

"Which Arcana are in your alliance?"

Most Was Circe? Every time I passed a body of water, memories arose of our past The more I remembered of her, the more I missed her friendship

I told Sol, "I won’t talk to you about strategy or strengths and weaknesses Even if I trusted you were on et abducted Richter could force you to talk"

"Eaainst a ht either I want revenge against the Emperor, but after that"

After that, what? I had a connection to ala it "a hell we’ve all been damned into" I hadn’t believed hiht in the crossfire

With that in mind, my plan to run off to Louisiana had been ridiculously na&iuht Jack back, and we’d destroyed Richter, ould we do?

"You should come live with me at Olyoddess queen Together, we’d build the largest settlement on earth! With your crops and men, we’dI absently said, "That is sooddess queen part"

"Don’t knock that part, pequeña It’s my favorite detail about our future We would do our duty and repopulate the world Because we are givers I, "

I quirked a brow at hi children into a world like this?"

Eyes alight with playfulness, he said, "No It was just an excuse to get in your pants"

"Ugh Behave Or you’ll get a vine where the sun don’t shine"

His jaw slackened; then he started laughing Belly-laughing