Chicago spins around.<\/p>\n
Tossing a dead man’s key from hand to hand, True contemplates tactics. He’s startled her; an advantage against a typical foe, but perhaps not the wisest choice when facing, say, a wolverine. She’s automatically half-crouched, and he knows she’s thinking about weapons first, speech second.<\/p>\n
True knew Chicago’s mother: she used to teach his Sunday School class. He attended Sunday School, and Chicago didn’t. It’s never struck him until now how odd that is.<\/p>\n
They really would look alike, he finds himself thinking. Those eyes, those freckles.<\/p>\n
The curl of her lip.<\/p>\n
The fall of her hair.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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