Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

"No; God," she said, with an implied, 'of course.'Even if this was Ava, he didn't have time for thisnonsense or this blasphemy. It would do no good to make idlethreats, this was some kind of security test. There wasnothing within regs he could do now other than call them. Hepoked his phone icon to do so but as soon as it activated, shegrabbed it and crushed it to a blob of junk."Please," the girl said, "let's just keep this between youand me."He looked at her with wonder, and even a little fear. Hedidn't doubt that Ava had the power to force-terminate an applike that. He was now pretty sure it could only be Ava whowas behind this cherub."Who are you? Really?""I told you you weren't going to like it," she said. Shemoved over to him, her knockers pressed against his shouldernow."I've taken holy vows, I'm a married man," he said,moving away from her again."Your wife doesn't think so.""What do you mean?""She visits other universes. This lab is a bit like your ownuniverse isn't it? Private from her?""Nothing is private from Ava," Thom said. Ava didn'tknow how much he knew about her powers. She thinks shedoesn't reveal it, but he had seen some of her diagnostic156