Waiting.  The last thing I wanted to do.

Look, I get it, but consider this: Refusing to wait is what got Grue into this mess in the first place.

Using my bugs, I tried to scope out the area.  Please don’t let there be people here.

There’s gonna be people here, isn’t there.

There were.

Yep.

I had to be subtle, not giving the Nine any reason to suspect I was around, but even if I counted only the people who had bugs on them already, there were far too many people in and around Dolltown.

Maybe they took the fighting as “they’ve dealt with the threat, they’re not coming back anytime soon”.

“Regent, can you stop Shatterbird from listening in?”  I asked.

*shapes glass into earplugs*

“Sure,” he said.  Shatterbird shut her eyes and covered her ears with her hands.

“LALALALALA”

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