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I squinted “All you’ve done is lick a piece of glass all night and we’re barely even close I’ shit up so we mmff – ”

Having Sterling’s hand cla The best way to describe it was having a dry and weirdly sled, ripped harder He lifted a finger, pushed it against his lips, then pointed across the street

Soht and build had just ambled across the sidewalk It was too far to make out any real features, but I could see the sa jacket that I’d seen on the apothecary’s security footage, the sa into the darkness of a warehouse I keptcouldn’t shadowstep

“That’s oursaid

Grunting, I slapped his hand aiping at ers had been? Butsensation of dread in my chest I wanted this horse shit with all these cases of mistaken identity to end

I didn’t need va out for a burger, and I still owed Bastion a punch in the face Yet I knew so to result in some kind of catastrophic mess

I frowned at Sterling as he dipped the shard in his ?” I half-wished he’d cut himself on it, just so he would stop

He ignored me, his eyes turned curiously up to the sky “The blood tastes wrong Almost – artificial Soulless”

“So stop licking it then”

“Never”

Sterling dashed across the street, his feet soundless against the asphalt I’d long accepted that I would probably never get used to how fast he could h the darkness

Call it cheating, but I feltabreast of each other, so I shadowstepped to keep pace, e in the darkness of the sa stood there, his face raised to the shadoalls of the structure

“Abandoned,” he whispered “You’d think the owners would make ”

“What do you know about business and real estate?” I hissed “Plus, shut up We’re trying to be sneaky about this”

“I know plenty Also, no, you shut up” He raised his nose in the air and took a slow, deliberate breath “He’s still in there Flank hiht”