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"Hmph," she huffed, mulling over his words.
She didn't know how much of that she believed. The safe bet would be to believe none and just get them there. She didn't have to arrive on any good terms with them. But something told her it wouldn't be wise to foster any bad tension now. She would be their first impression on how they would be treated when arriving, and she had a seeping suspicion Lia would give her a disapproving look for weeks if she was the cause of things going south on the field.
"I even cut off his arm," she exaggerated, unable to help the edging pride in her voice. "Well. Lia and I did."
She had taken the brunt of the pain for it to happen, so damn right she was laying claim to the success.
"It was my plan. And fetching you was too. We're not incompetent, we just need numbers we don't have. There's over fifty of them," she finally told him, going out on a limb to trust he wouldn't change plans with that reveal.
She didn't know how much of that she believed. The safe bet would be to believe none and just get them there. She didn't have to arrive on any good terms with them. But something told her it wouldn't be wise to foster any bad tension now. She would be their first impression on how they would be treated when arriving, and she had a seeping suspicion Lia would give her a disapproving look for weeks if she was the cause of things going south on the field.
"I even cut off his arm," she exaggerated, unable to help the edging pride in her voice. "Well. Lia and I did."
She had taken the brunt of the pain for it to happen, so damn right she was laying claim to the success.
"It was my plan. And fetching you was too. We're not incompetent, we just need numbers we don't have. There's over fifty of them," she finally told him, going out on a limb to trust he wouldn't change plans with that reveal.