\u201cShe\u2019s not blinded <\/i>to us,\u201d says Jane. \u201cLook at those neck somatics! She\u2019s trying desperately not to look up no matter how loud our hasty, whispered conversation gets!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s true,\u201d says Tom. \u201cLook at her twitch when I say her name!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou didn\u2019t say her name,\u201d Edmund notes.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaria,\u201d says Tom, \u201cI mean.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWow,\u201d says Jane.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a twitch.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd another one,\u201d says Linus excitedly. \u201cShould we tease her more?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo!\u201d says Jane. \u201cDo not tease the space princess assassin trying not to notice your stealthy antichrist presence!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStop yelling <\/i>about it, Jane!\u201d yells Tom.<\/p>\n
She head-butts him. He pulls her hair. They fall out of the tree-house and land with a thump just as Maria fortuitously turns around and begins to patrol away.<\/p>\n
\u201cOw,\u201d mutters Jane.<\/p>\n
\u201cOi!\u201d yells Edmund. \u201cYou two all right?\u201d<\/p>\n
The tip of a space rifle protrudes from Maria\u2019s umbrella. She points it vaguely upwards. She fires two shots. With a crack one of the stars in the distant sky goes out.<\/p>\n
Edmund shuts up.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut where,\u201d wonders Linus, \u201cdid the other shot go?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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