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Oh, to hell with it

She pressed the shiny blue button, opened the door a crack, stuck the gun out, and pressed the trigger

And missed

They stopped fighting and spun toward her

“Oops,” Keiko said

Mace used the distraction to grab the wo a step toward Keiko He reached for her arger again There was a strangled scream The woman froze Her face contorted Herin place

“Yes!” Keiko thrust the gun in the air And accidentally shot out a light

“Give me that” Mace took it from her hand

“I got it right” She beamed up at hiht it was the blue button, but I wasn’t sure They should be labeled more clearly”

The wo Not too hard—after all, she wasn’t wearing shoes “That’s for hurting Mace”

When she looked back at him, he seemed exasperated

“What?” she said “I’m not the one who can’t hit women”

“You say that like it’s a bad thing,” he grumbled

“It is when one of us is kicking your ass in a fight”

“She wasn’t kickingher into a false sense of security before I restrained her”