“You’re lying!” Captain Chromium screamed. Nova looked at him, and though she wished she could convey that yes, she was lying, she couldn’t risk it in front of Ace. Instead, she raised her voice. Made it colder. Harsher. “When he died, all the things he’d sketched before died with him.” Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out her bracelet, its clasp broken but the star glowing bright as ever. “He fixed the clasp on my bracelet once.” She shrugged. “I guess this time I’ll have to take it to a jeweler.” The Captain dropped to the rooftop, raging, and grabbed the chromium chain. Nova barely had
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