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May 21 - May 22, 2025
when Mr Asano says things you do not understand, do not ask questions.”
If we can’t change for the better, we should at least change in ways that allow us to meet our responsibilities.”
I’m in the club now, so I imagine it’ll keep happening.”
So you admit it to Zara, huh? Interesting interesting.
“Things are going to get strange, aren’t they?” “Strange how?” Jason asked with unconvincing innocence.
“Shady Back Door Access,” Travis echoed, his words slightly slurred. “Name of your sex tape.”
“I’ve got too much going on to even think about a diamond-rank transcendent study group.”
“There is a curse on the world I come from: May you live in interesting times.”
“Jason, you want me to instruct you on matters of diplomacy, yes?” “Yes.” “Then I’ll try to explain things as we go, since telling you to do the opposite of every instinct you have might be considered hurtful.” “So, you’re not going to tell me that?” “No.” “Somehow, it still feels hurtful.”
While Jason concentrated, occasionally making sounds like he was having trouble using the toilet,
Sometimes we need scars to remind us that we can heal.
“That’s who I am, Estella. The guy who wins. It doesn’t matter who or what you are. How many people or how much power you have. You might kill me, you might scour my soul, but I’ll come back stronger, and I still won. That’s who I am.”
“You aren’t worth my undivided attention, Director.”
Jason looked down at him with a warm smile, then dropped to one knee and gathered him into a hug.
jumped-up sky chickens,”
“Trouble always knows where to find me,” Jason told him with a malevolent grin. “And it knows what it gets when it does.”
“Something about a spider and responsibility and his uncle, I think? It didn’t make a lot of sense.”
“You know, it’s good to have Jason back,” Belinda told him. “Humphrey never lets me kidnap people.”
Asano had the aura of a man who preyed on the strong.
“Thank you, brother,” he whispered.
“Is that a threat, Mr Asano?” Lenora asked. “You can call me Jason. And no, it’s not. You don’t a threaten a mosquito that lands on your arm, Lenora. You swat it if it bothers you.”
