Police. ( He echoed Gilbert's word derisively, then took a step back to watch the other two through narrowed eyes. He was trying to think this through, to find a way out--wasn't that what heroes did? But he also knew that they couldn't stay around thinking forever. The thing that had orchestrated this wouldn't allow it.
After Lenalee's display his lip curls. ) You really think that if something brought us here, made all that happen, that there'd be a simple way out? We're imPorts, it obviously knows about powers.
( Honestly. How could he be expected to help anyone when his possible allies were so obviously incompetent. They would have to be smarter. This was a spectacle; someone obviously wanted a show. But how to manipulate that without actually killing these two, as tempting as the prospect was? He didn't know. )
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After Lenalee's display his lip curls. ) You really think that if something brought us here, made all that happen, that there'd be a simple way out? We're imPorts, it obviously knows about powers.
( Honestly. How could he be expected to help anyone when his possible allies were so obviously incompetent. They would have to be smarter. This was a spectacle; someone obviously wanted a show. But how to manipulate that without actually killing these two, as tempting as the prospect was? He didn't know. )