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This will prove one way or another if she is. She has too much ego to take this kind of insult lying down. After she wakes up, I mean.

I’m betting she’s going to make wholesale slaughter of us all. They knocked her out and are planning… something. Whatever, it's not important.

I won’t let her kill everyone. I can get out faster than that and kill her first.

I don’t want to do that, though. I don’t want to watch my people die or anything. I’ve been with them too long. This is my clowder, my family. Dilemma.

I also get this really sharp pain in my chest when I think about killing sugartits. I’m too old for indigestion, right? That’s a baby thing. I’m way too young for a heart attack, too. I think I’m still in my hundreds. Maybe more? Whatever, all that matters is that one candle can go on a birthday cake a lot better than hundreds. Can my kind get heart problems? I need my diary to write all these questions down.

“...have everyone now? What’s the status of the Immortal? He is the… and we need…”

TO STOP MUMBLING! “...are they there as well?”

“I don’t understand why you need them, they’re useless without him,” GV paces in front of me, and I stick my tongue out at her.

King is standing right over Beatrice, staring at her without a single thought going through his empty head.

Man, this is what sex in this dimension leads to. The slow erosion of your mind until you’re a shell of your former self. Duly noted. The dick-in-crazy rule is legit. I need no further evidence. I’m getting it stamped onto my forearm so I never forget it.

“You don’t need to understand, bitch, just do it.”

I have to laugh, so I do. It just bursts out of my chest in absolute delight. Even her evil buddies hate her. How bad do you have to be for that? You get one mindless henchman because you’re so horrible to be around that only the brainless can handle it? Man, this is too good.

I can tell she wants me to shut up, so I mock all of her replies to her questions. GV gets so mad that she has King gas me. Damn, stink snake. I have to pretend to sleepagain, which is annoying, but I want to be voted best actor for the performance. I hope Bae wakes up soon. I forgot to scratch that itch!

There’s the sound of a lot of pacing and GV panting because she’s pissed off. King is asking about something, and then silence. The pacing stops, and everything is still until I hear the rustle of someone further out in the room.

She’s awake now! Yes! So exciting! Stuff is happening!

Bea shuffles over to the puppy first, trying to wake him up. Um, I’m right here, wifey, what the fuck? I open my eyes and tilt my head slightly so I can see.

There she is! And this is when she kills us all! Annnnnnndgo!

She continues trying to wake the dog. And she’s actually being nice about it. Petting his hair and saying his name all sweet.

Well, that’s not in the script. Come on, kill everyone.

I watch as she goes to Mal and holds his head up. How come she’s gentle with him? At least he’s somewhat coherent. He doesn’t seem worried that she could snap his neck at all. Dragons and their belief in being indestructible, am I right?

Ok, now she’s going to wake Mitri? What am I, chopped kitty? She should have come to me first! My cage is obviously first in line. She should have followed us in order! That cold shoulder had better start bulking up for all the ice it’s collecting.

Wait, something is wrong.

Ok, GV has her in a kung fu psychic grip.NOW, kill us all.

No.

No, don’t look scared.

Is she crying?

My heart feels like it’s ripping itself apart inside me. Who put a blender in there? It had to be Mitri, only he is that sadistic.

She’s struggling, but she's weak. One hand slapping around to try and stop a force crushing the life out of her. I know she won’t die from this. All of her other incarnations wouldn’t die unless I ripped their hearts out. Believe me, I tried.

Imagine how pissed I was when the ‘getting hit by a bus’ accident failed me. There was also the lawn mower ‘mishap.’ The list goes on. So, this is just a wasted effort. She will pop back up fully healed and annihilate this bitch.

She’s not popping back up.