\u201cI don\u2019t know why I\u2019d deny it,\u201d Linus says. He glares right at Maria. \u201cFine. Is that what it takes to scare you? I\u2019m wickedness itself, you b\u2014. I\u2019m evil. I\u2019m the doom of your little world. I am Linus Friedman Evans, herald of the end, so<\/i> give me your best shot, you filthy alien nanny \u2014<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n
He stands up straighter. He glares at her. He turns his head very far to the left and then very far to the right because he\u2019s never actually learned how to spin it all the way around no matter how intimidating it would, under the circumstances, be.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut don\u2019t you dare<\/i> lay a single finger<\/i> on my friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOi!\u201d says Jane.<\/p>\n
She is glaring at Linus. Edmund is glaring at Linus. But it\u2019s Tom who acts.<\/p>\n
Tom has walked out into the room. He is stomping right past Maria. He shoves the gunbrella barrel out of the way as he walks past, because he remembers that it has a two-shot charge. He stands right in front of Linus.<\/p>\n
He looks his little brother in the eyes for a moment. He takes two fistfuls of Linus\u2019 collar.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never,\u201d says Tom. \u201cYou don\u2019t ever, <\/i>you little snot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d Linus says.<\/p>\n
Then Tom lets go.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou be Linus.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c. . . oh,\u201d says Linus.<\/p>\n
He deflates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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