Nico stopped moving and took a deep breath, holding it for a count of ten.
The apology was nice. She'd probably even feel bad later about what she was about to say.
"The day before I got yanked over to this universe," she said, turning around to face him, "an alien invader literally burned alive in front of me. He was invading the planet and trying to kill me and my friends in the inferno at the time, so fine, whatever. Own petard, see: hoisted. The day before that, I was a minute too late to stop a bomb from exploding on top of all of my friends. A couple days before that, me and my friends helped put out a fire in a 1900's sweatshop; and a few hours before that, a guy with a rocket launcher blew up the roof one of my friends was standing on while he waited for us." She paused to let all that sink in. "So you can understand how very, very sick I am of people being on fire. Especially where Molly can see."
The last one was definitely a low blow, but Nico was still pretty pissed.
"So while I understand the necessity of the 'ruining-barbecue-for-everyone' plan, I refuse to like it." She pursed her lips, and added grudgingly, "thanks for realizing that it was completely messed up, I guess."
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The apology was nice. She'd probably even feel bad later about what she was about to say.
"The day before I got yanked over to this universe," she said, turning around to face him, "an alien invader literally burned alive in front of me. He was invading the planet and trying to kill me and my friends in the inferno at the time, so fine, whatever. Own petard, see: hoisted. The day before that, I was a minute too late to stop a bomb from exploding on top of all of my friends. A couple days before that, me and my friends helped put out a fire in a 1900's sweatshop; and a few hours before that, a guy with a rocket launcher blew up the roof one of my friends was standing on while he waited for us." She paused to let all that sink in. "So you can understand how very, very sick I am of people being on fire. Especially where Molly can see."
The last one was definitely a low blow, but Nico was still pretty pissed.
"So while I understand the necessity of the 'ruining-barbecue-for-everyone' plan, I refuse to like it." She pursed her lips, and added grudgingly, "thanks for realizing that it was completely messed up, I guess."