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"I am." Spoken in earnest. Her words pushed him away. Not what she wanted. "But you left. Why are you back?" Those were his choices. Why did he make them?

"I didn't lose," she said and didn't elaborate. Many thoughts failed to find the right words so she opted instead to cut him off with a question. "Why are you back?" Straight to business.

This time she saw it coming. The same movements, the same muscles. She let it happen with a soft sigh. "Good. Because you're a bad fighter." But good kisser. Unspoken, but implied.

"Bad fighting," she said indignantly, crossing her arms. Several other thoughts came to mind but she didn't vocalize them. Instead, after a moment of watching him wheeze, she extended her hand to help him up.

She got off of him. Then she slammed the side of her hand against his chest. A measured strike meant to knock the wind out of his lungs with (minimal) pain. "Definitely you," she said, standing up.

Cassandra Cain was adept at reading the movements of others in a fight. It meant she always knew what they'd do next. This wasn't a fighting move, even if it was fighting dirty. She froze. Tensed. He'd managed to leave her stunned.

He'd been practicing. She brought her knees up under herself, bracing her shoulder against the ground. With a thrust, she'd shove him up and forward with her back, flipping them both over so she'd land on top of him. She didn't need her arms to take him down. "Had to make sure."

@handsoffdreg.bsky.social He's assaulted, tripped and thrown to the ground abruptly by a shadow.

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"Just the ones you would reach for out of reflex," Cassandra noted, placing some more bullets on the table. She sat back in the chair, her other hand applying pressure to gauze on her hip. "Not here for you. Not this time."

"Unloaded," she said, placing bullets on the table. "Needed bandages. Not you. But you keep good stock."

"Your music's loud," said a voice that definitely shouldn't have been there.

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Statistics for crime in Gotham went down instantly. Unrelated, Gotham hospitals have received a surge of cases requiring the ICU, resulting in a supply crisis. Many cases are being routed to Metropolis and other cities nearby. Some are being ignored because it was deserved. More at 11.

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quill first of all, i guess i need to be reading birds of prey, cass, what're you doing there? second of all, i just love cass right in front, kinda peeping from the side, like no one told her they were supposed to be posing for the cover shot. she's ready to pull some fingernails for answers.

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quill back from my business trip and in my home province but busy today and prolly most the weekend so y'all mightn't see much of me until monday, sorry!

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quill jump scared by my own drawings thanks to a clown

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"Yes."

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"I want a cheeseburger pizza."

It was going to be ... my breakfast ...

... "That was mine." 🥺

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quill i can and will play degenerate chicken with anybody

quill fresh haul