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RE: Connections (Open In Between)
After he had devouring the first fish, Pablo-Jill looked up at Auro expectantly, his spiny tail eagerly thumping the floor. Dropping several more fish into the slavering beast's toothy jaws, Auro looked up at Unna.
"I wish I did. She made it clear that she had been sent to murder Maya," he told them. "But if Maya was her target, what made me the focus of her rage?" Auro asked. "We know that she was monitoring the Saber Blades that first night I joined Graff on patrol, but we can only guess why. We've learned that slaves to the dark side thrive on hostility. She made no effort to conceal the burning hatred she felt for me." Auro said, shaking his head as he recollected the nightmarish encounter in the abandoned temple spire.
"Ready for the weird part?" he asked them. "She claimed she had orders not to kill me; orders her 'mother' gave her, whoever that is. There can only be so many reasons to spare me though," Auro mused. "Maybe they want to use me; maybe they want me to join them. That's not happening," he said firmly, a look of defiance gleaming in his dark eyes.
"Whether they want me to be their pawn or their ally, nothing can explain the intensity of Orchid's anger toward me. Unless," Auro paused, looking at each of his friends in turn. "Unless… she's jealous?"
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Connections (Open In Between)
