“No way I could like someone like you.”  The words were like the twist of a knife.  Hostility and aggression combined with pure, petty malice.

Sounds about right, mostly.

“Just going by looks, when you can’t see half my face?” I asked.  Without breaking eye contact, I reached up and pulled down the lower half of my mask.  “You don’t recognize me?”

I think it was more about behavior.

She didn’t glance away from my eyes.  “No.  Now move.  I will order them to attack.”

She would.  She could.

Only question, really, is why hasn’t she already?

I leaned forward and planted a quick kiss on her lips.

what.

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