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Renée is gone in the morning, a pot of maple oatmeal for the girls and Trouble cooling on the stove and a note on the fridge, she's going to be gone all day on a day trip to Tucson with her friends.
Andi wakes up first. Bella's not far behind.
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"I bet he'll want to try it," she says. "With me as the Yeerk, obviously, he'd never trust anyone else."
"Yep. And when we're done we can squish it before it comes out of sedation, in case that helps, no point being unprofitably sadistic."
"Well," says Bella. "I still plan to kill it, this without knowing how good a painkiller the acquisition trance happens to be."
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"I might," she says thoughtfully. "And me and Ethan haven't acquired each other yet, either."
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"All right."
She heads back down to the basement, from which Ethan has not yet emerged.
She heads back down to the basement, from which Ethan has not yet emerged.
Bella opens the door to the garage. "Renée's not home," she says. "You can demorph and come in and get dressed the rest of the way."
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<Yeah, good plan,> he says cheerfully.
A few minuts after that, Trouble comes into the rest of the house and shuts the door behind him. He learned how to morph clothes, but not very many; hopefully no one who sees him heading for the basement in his underwear will faint with shock.
A few minuts after that, Trouble comes into the rest of the house and shuts the door behind him. He learned how to morph clothes, but not very many; hopefully no one who sees him heading for the basement in his underwear will faint with shock.