He moved to chase her, stop her, but the hallway folded together, letting her reach the end in two strides, snapping back to its full length as she passed along it. She rounded a corner in the distance.
It’s not easy to win a race against someone who can make the goal come to them and move away from you.
He looked at Glory Girl, his voice small, “I’m sorry.”
She answered him with only a glare. He wondered if she would hit him.
Oh cod I forgot she was still there when he made that comment about Gallant
You fucked up, Clocky. You really fucked up.
Is Glory Girl angry enough to let it out on Clocky’s dad by not doing Clocky that favor she just said she’d do?
She relented, looking in the direction Vista had run off. “It’s okay. We’re all worn down, at the end of our ropes, and you’re worrying about your dad on top of that. You get one pass from me. One.”
Phew.