Jack broke into a second spell of hysterical laughter, and it was all Theo could do to keep Aster from squirming out of his grasp in her distress.
Laughy guy, that Jack.
“Can’t-” Jack had to break off to let another small laugh pass, “Can’t say I can imagine that, boy. You, as one of the vigilantes?”
I mean, he was raised by Kaiser and to some extent Purity. Wanting to protect the innocent and make the world better but being willing to kill the particularly bad bad guys makes total sense for Theo.
Neither can I, Theo thought, but he remained silent.
Fair.
“But you’ve piqued my interest, and if there’s any reason I do what I do, it’s because I find it interesting.”
Seems I wasn’t entirely wrong when I took this as Jack’s reason to murder.
Theo could see the cell phone on the coffee table in the living room light up and shift position as it vibrated.
Oh hey. Kayden calling to say she’s on her way home?
It happened behind Jack, and the man didn’t appear to see or hear it. The only person who called Theo’s phone was Kayden, and she’d been out getting groceries. It was routine for her to call for him to open the lobby door, then come down to help bringing them up from the lobby…
Meaning that if he doesn’t answer the phone and then come down, she’ll know something is wrong, maybe blast open the door and fly up the stairs…
I wonder if she flies around more liberally in general, now that she doesn’t have an identity secret to protect.
She was coming up. He was almost positive. Could he distract Jack and give Kayden the opportunity to put the man down?
Perhaps if you spontaneously grow a power, that could help? But yeah, you might be able to do something even without one.
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