\u201cJane!\u201d hisses Tom.<\/p>\n
\u201cJane,\u201d says Maria. Her voice is snide and somber. It is snomber. \u201cHow nice to see you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The gun comes up in Maria\u2019s petting hand. Its barrel is as thick as Jane\u2019s torso. It begins most ominously to whine.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlmost,\u201d says Jane. She reaches for a raindrop-covered rose. \u201cAlmost . . .\u201d<\/p>\n
She trembles there.<\/p>\n
\u201cGot it!\u201d she shouts.<\/p>\n
Maria\u2019s gun finishes charging up. It chimes.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I<\/i>,\u201d sneers Maria, \u201chave you!\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
Maria is suddenly very excited about this. She\u2019s never actually managed to kill someone before. She grins. The smile blooms on her. It bursts through her. It makes her face a rictus of exaltation. She \u2014<\/p>\n
Tom has released the chain. A counterweight on the other end of the looped end falls.<\/p>\n
\u2014 fires!<\/i><\/p>\n
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