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“They’re just people,” Jason said. “Treat them that way. Yes, they’re a little odd to our sensibilities, but if it can think, it’s a person.
“You make us sound like a Christmas present from an inattentive aunt,” Jason said.
People have a habit of believing the thing they like over the thing supported by the evidence, so I don’t like to make statements I’m not confident in.”
“Thadwick,” Zato said with a smile. “If nothing else, I can assure you that everything you deserve is coming your way.”
“That’s comforting,” Neil said. “As far as you can tell we’re all going to die, but you know so little that you might be wrong.” “Pretty much,” Clive said.
Neither of us are easy friends to have, but we both make good ones,
“Faith is about surrendering to a higher power,”
He realised that Asano and Sophie were the primary threats, the type that never tired and grew stronger and stronger the longer a fight went on.
“Jason is good at being what he needs to be, in order to do what he needs to do,” Clive said, likewise speaking softly. “Sometimes, what he needs to do is kill a lot of people. And yes; seeing what he becomes to do that does scare me a little.”
“I’m happy to do my part,” Sophie said. “I’ll kill them all with a smile on my face.” “Sophie!” Belinda scolded. “Since when do you smile?” The team stifled laughs at Sophie’s affronted expression.
“Don’t get me wrong,” Clive said. “If saving the day comes down to rakish insouciance, I’ll bow to your expertise. We
“Claiming that you’re not the hero is classic hero behaviour.
“The one thing Asano can be relied upon to do is the last thing he should. He thrives on the unanticipated surprise of the foolish move.”
“Was I even necessary for this?” Jason asked. “Of course you were,” Sophie said. “You’re the only one who could annoy this many things enough to chase us this hard.”
“Here we are.” Jason said. “I’m just telling you now, so you don’t say you weren’t warned: this time I brought pants.”
“As much as we’d love the chance to turn into a shiny doorknob like you,” Sophie said, “we’re kind of busy, so we’re going to start the fight now.”
Colin’s afflictions, as Jason suspected, were no more effective than his own. What Colin could do was teach the Builder that eyes did not respond positively to rings of pointy teeth.
“You don’t have to fight,” she assured him. “You don’t get it,” Neil said. “We’re here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and we never actually found out what bubblegum was.”
“I’ve never faced this many monsters before,” Cassandra said. Neil reached out and gave her hand a reassuring squeeze. “Don’t worry,” he told her. “This is what we do.”
