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A tensing in your gut as another piece of the doom puzzle slots into place.

Your shoulder singes. Blood drips a steady rhythm on your foot.

Death but from a dream.

Engage functional invisibility and waltz right out in front of his eyes.

His buffoonery is a smokescreen, the deepest of deep covers.

A single word to end this now. Worth a shot.

Oh shit, you're going to be -- hahahaha -- so fucked when you tell her about killing the Lich. Hahaha!

Weeeeeeping Eye.

Just because she's saying it on sodium thiopental doesn't mean it's true. Ignore her.

Oh shit, you're going to be -- hahahaha -- so fucked when you tell her about killing the Lich. Hahaha!

Oh shit, you're going to be -- hahaha -- so fucked when you tell her about killing the Lich. Hahaha!

You'll have to reclaim it if you choose that route.

Waiting for you to drop the flag.

You have a minute, maybe less.

Give away nothing. Wait until you see the first spark reflected in their eyes.

Anything vital and he'll be dead in minutes.

Anything vital and she'll be dead in minutes.

Into the breach now, operant. Steady hand.

Into the breach now, operant. Steady hand.

Into the breach now, operant. Steady hand.

Into the breach now, operant. Steady hand.

Keep going. KALEIDOSCOPE.

Keep going. Yana.

Softer than you thought in there.

Another volley like that and one of you is going down.

You were ready for this -- he wasn't. You'll win.

Take them with you. Take the city with you. Anything but cowed retreat. Not this time.

Nothing vital. You'll live. Keep going.

The photograph of you and your Crew flashes against your mind.

You're seconds away from getting shot.

Doesn't hurt enough yet. Deeper.

You've got this. Play it cool. Act like you've been here before.

The sound of the canal water lapping the sand is soothing, through it all.

Tougher than it looks.

The memory hums. An exposed wire.

Time. You need time. Keep them engaged. Keep your eyes open. Every moment you breathe is a victory.

The only thing to hand is intimidation. They know you, but they don't know what you're capable of. Unsteady them.

The kind of laugh that compels others to politely avert their gaze.

Awaiting your signal.

To your left and right, his goons avert their eyes.

KALEIDOSCOPE is still unknown to him. Good, good.

Yana is still unknown to him. Good, good.

Block out these vicious theatrics. Don't give him the fear he wants.

No reaction. Your face gives nothing away.

Your guts slide a couple of inches downwards.

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