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“Yes,” said Kara “I mean no,” she amended quickly “I mean—”

“You had ca equiper “Micro-cassette recorders! Air ion counters!”

“Those never worked right to begin with,” Jeremy cut in “And I’ve always doubted the validity of—”

“I gave you everything except a fucking Ouija board!”

Kara struggled to keep a straight face Inside, she was bea She knew, to an extent, that Xiomara was too, and thatthey were to receive for not having recorded anything was obligatory Just like they were required to endure it

“Maybe I should’ve sent a ca “Refreshood!” On the video screen, she was still pacing back and forth “You all look like hell, by the way Have any of you even showered?”

Logan started to shake his head This time it was Jeremy who kicked him, off camera

“Sweet Christ!” Xio me your phones were dead too? All three of them? At once?”

What they’d acco the Order had seen in decades, perhaps within the last half century A s the corner’s of Kara’s mouth She hoped to hell Xiomara couldn’t see it from her end

“A ten-year old blogger would’ve been better prepared! Or sootten soe!”

They let her wind down for a bit, finish with her initial onslaught When the Head of the Order eventually stopped to take a breath, Kara jumped in

“We cleansed the hotel,” she pointed out “Undid an egregious wrong”

“Solved a century-old et that one”

Kara shot him a look that said ‘chill’ He chilled

“You got lucky,” Xiomara went on “All of you”