It is a natural stronghold for themโthey can infest this maze of iron and water like a horde of starving cockroaches, and theyโll be just as hard to anticipate and to kill in such close quarters.โ โWow,โ Shane said. โYou really know how to drum up team spirit. Did you print up Team Total Fail jerseys, too?โ Myrnin gave him an entirely crazy smile. โWould you be surprised if I had?
Rachel CaineShe doesnโt usually back down that easily.โ โMaybe sheโs got class.โ Eve snorted. โTrust me,โ she said. โThat girlโs got no class at all.
Rachel CaineYou'd be surprised what people will do for money that they wouldn't do for love. Myrnin.
Rachel CaineWell," he said, "I think we've found our way in. We just wait until they're duking it out, but trust me, these Humans First types don't have a lot of staying power or they'd have been at the gym with me before. I doubt Grandma Kent there is going to do a lot of damage." He pointed at a gray-haired, hunched lady in a shawl, carrying what looked liked a gardening tool. "It's like Plants Versus Zombies, and I'm not rooting for the zombies, weirdly enough.
Rachel CaineShe was almost at the top of the steps, and Shane was right behind her, when she heard Myrnin say, in a quiet voice that was like the old Myrnin, the one she actually liked, "I'm sorry, Claire. I never meant - I'm sorry. Sometimes I don't know... I don't know what I am thinking. I wish... I wish things could be like they were before.
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