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<span class="mu-r">“Well, you don’t have to worry about the guy that poisoned you for a while. He got arrested this morning.”</span>
Both women turned their full attention on you upon hearing that.
<span class="mu-b">“Did he, now? Serves him right.”</span> the Deep One said with a viscous grin.
<span class="mu-g">“I thought you would’ve wanted revenge on him, or something.”</span> Callisto said, looking a bit relieved by this outcome.
The shark woman’s grin widened at that. <span class="mu-b">“Oh, but I did get revenge. I clawed one of his eyes out as a parting gift. I’d like to see him heal from that.”</span>
Your eyes drifted down to the Deep One’s hands, and, sure enough, she had razor sharp claws in the place of normal fingernails.
<span class="mu-r">“What exactly are your powers? I don’t think I’ve ever asked.”</span> you said.
Her white pupils slid back over to you, reminding you slightly of a deep sea creature that you saw in a nature documentary once. <span class="mu-b">“It’s about what you’d expect. I’m strong, fast, and can tear people to shreds, even outside of water.”</span>
<span class="mu-g">“She also heals fast, breathes underwater, and can take a serious beating.”</span> Callisto said, clearly finding her friend’s explanation insufficient.
The Deep One rolled her eyes. <span class="mu-b">“He already knew that stuff. I’m sure he’s been picking up the context clues that we’ve been dropping.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“Speaking of clues,”</span> you began, not wanting to give them the opportunity to get into another argument while you were here. <span class="mu-r">“The area where the Serpent Society was staying has probably been cleared out already. It might be worth exploring, just in case they left any goodies behind.”</span>
Both women glanced at each other. Callisto nodded slightly.
<span class="mu-b">“I’ll be sure to check it out sometime.”</span> the Deep One agreed.
<span class="mu-g">“Keep your eyes peeled while you’re down there.”</span> Callisto reminded her.
The Deep One gave her leader a rough salute. <span class="mu-b">“Aye aye, Captain. I’ll bring back any buried treasure that I find.”</span>
Callisto frowned slightly, but didn’t comment on the matter any further. <span class="mu-g">“Anything else?”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“Yeah. I wanted to give you guys a warning.”</span> you said, glancing over at Cindy as you spoke. At first, you had assumed that she was standing guard over you and the rest of the Morlocks in the corner of the room. However, it didn’t escape your notice how most of her attention was fixed firmly on the video game that the younger Morlocks were playing in the rec room.
<span class="mu-r">“There’s this Russian spy called the Chameleon. He can change his appearance and imitate people with a scary level of accuracy. I foiled his plans twice now, and I think he might want revenge.”</span>
<span class="mu-g">“You think he’ll try to attack us?”</span> Callisto asked.
<span class="mu-r">“He’s come after my family before, so I’m assuming that my friends are fair game too.”</span>
The Deep One beamed at you and nudged her leader excitedly. <span class="mu-b">“Did you hear that, Callie? He called us his friends!”</span>
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