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Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

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his direct reports had used this personification as a cherubonce or twice."Not a bo<strong>the</strong>r, how can I help you?""I understand we are at war?""Yes, of course. May I ask who you are?""My name is Yellelle," she answered."You're <strong>the</strong> Brazilian spy!" he shouted and lunged frombeh<strong>in</strong>d his desk to grab her. She bl<strong>in</strong>ked over to <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r sideof his office."Ah, Kelv<strong>in</strong>, we're <strong>in</strong> Heaven now," she said, wav<strong>in</strong>g af<strong>in</strong>ger, "and such brute th<strong>in</strong>gs don't work any more."Kelv<strong>in</strong> popped up his phone to call Glayet, this k<strong>in</strong>d ofth<strong>in</strong>g was her responsibility. He had her call button on hisfront page and had just gotten his f<strong>in</strong>ger on it when <strong>the</strong> girlgrabbed his phone. He immediately yanked it out of her hand,at least told his limbs to do so, but she had suddenly turned tobronze and he hurt himself on her. His whole body shookwith <strong>the</strong> reaction to that yank.“Capta<strong>in</strong>?” he heard Glayet’s voice come on <strong>the</strong> l<strong>in</strong>e.He yelled, “We’ve been boarded, <strong>the</strong>re’s a Brazilian agentaboard.”She gave him a nasty gr<strong>in</strong> as her bronze f<strong>in</strong>gers crushed<strong>the</strong> phone to a used piece of alum<strong>in</strong>um foil wrapp<strong>in</strong>g brokenfragments of silicon and plastic. He didn’t know how much ofthat Glayet heard. "Capta<strong>in</strong>? You are <strong>the</strong> capta<strong>in</strong> of this vesselare you not?""Of course," he blustered. He already knew Sa<strong>in</strong>t343

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