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Tor:Alek, come back.
Alek: (from off screen)I’m fine right here.
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Tor:See? It’s one-sided. Now Hook is just as stuck as the ghost.
Alek: (from off screen)Nope. All good right here.
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Hook:Oi! Let me out. I don’t have a visitor’s pass. Janine told us all what the side effects were. My poor manhood doesn’t deserve that.
Hades:You’ll come back over when I’m good and ready, pirate. Not a minute before.
Dahlia:My heart, you know he can’t help himself.
Hades looks to Dahlia, the sour expression on his face softening.
Hades:You know I won’t hurt him. Just maim him a little until he learns his lesson.
Kai:Goddess knows he could use it.
Gavin: (aside)Do you think they’d let us use that trick on Remi?
Asher: (aside)It’s too late to teach that dog any new tricks.
Kiki:Oookay, I’m gonna wrap this up because if I have to spend any more time with Caspian, I’m probably gonna develop scurvy. When I said the horsemen were you, I meant you were all integral parts of the game the horsewomen were playing. They are too. They’re the chess pieces this time around.
Gavin: (musingly)They’re the mates.
Kiki:Ding ding.
Hades:Those fuckers. They won’t answer my calls. I had an inkling something was happening with them, but now I have to talk to them.
Asher:Can you get them to come here?
Alek: (from off screen)I beg your pardon? You want to bring the Four Horsemen here? If they’re anything like their counterparts, we’d need some sort of maximum-security holding cell to keep us all safe.
Tor: *snarls*No more cells.
Dahlia: (soothingly)He didn’t mean for you. No one is going to lock you up ever again.
Tor:No. More. Cells.
Dahlia strokes Tor’s hand and leans over to press a gentle kiss to his cheek. Tor settles at the touch, but his stare grows distant.
Hades:I’ll continue trying to meet with them. With the fourth Prince now released, we are on the precipice of the point of no return. They may not know it yet, but the four of them are going to need allies.
Kai:We’re sure another Prince was released?
Gavin:What else would you call the aurora appearing as fire-like tears in the sky?
Asher:We’re sure, dragon. The aurora is another natural wonder that’s been desecrated. That’s the Prince’s MO.(adds under his breath)And again, here I am backing up Count Chocula. The world really is ending. I bet pigs will start flying next.
