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Trusting that the others would keep things interesting while you were gone, you and the rest of the spider crew mosied on down to Anna’s food truck. But, you liked to refer to her with her last name, because her first name was a sore reminder of the fact that your deadly huntress girlfriend was still out of town. You’d have to call her and figure out what she was up to one of these days.
By the time you got there, you noticed that the Heroes for Hire were still eating. And, being the good guy that you were, insisted that their meal was on you for making the effort to come all the way out here.
<span class="mu-r">“It’s the least I could do.”</span> you said, leaning on Ameyama’s counter.
Luke’s eyes flew open at that declaration.
<span class="mu-s">“Shit, that almost makes what happened back there seem worth it.”</span> he said, turning back to face Chef Ameyama. <span class="mu-s">“I’ll take five more for the road.”</span>
She beamed at him.
<span class="mu-r">“Comin’ right up!”</span>
Danny shook his head, his shoulder leaning against the side of the food truck.
<span class="mu-g">“You’re going to get an unbreakable <span class="mu-i">gut</span> if you keep stuffing your face.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“I’ll take one more too, miss.”</span> Misty chimed in, holding a finger up.
Danny sighed, looking mildly defeated.
<span class="mu-g">“Yeah, sure. I guess I’ll have one too.”</span>
<span class="mu-s">“If he don’t want his, I’ll eat it for him.”</span> Luke told Chef Ameyama.
She chuckled to herself, already hard at work grilling the meats for her tortas.
<span class="mu-r">“There’s no need to fight, boys. There’s more than enough to go around.”</span>
<span class="mu-b">“Glad to hear it, because I’m starved.”</span> Abe said, snagging a pic of a QR code that would show him her menu. “You’ve got this covered, right bro?”
<span class="mu-r">“Yeah, yeah. Eat up, you two. You’ve earned it.”</span>
<span class="mu-s">“What is that? It smells really good!”</span> Joy said, glancing between Chef Ameyama, Abe’s menu and the torta that Misty was currently eating.
<span class="mu-r">“I got the house special. But what I didn’t get was your name, mystery girl.”</span> Misty said, waving a half eaten torta in Joy’s direction. <span class="mu-r">“You sure as hell ain’t a baller, but you got moves.”</span>
<span class="mu-s">“My name’s Joyce, but everyone calls me Joy. And your name’s Misty, right?”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“That’s right. Most people recognize me on sight because of this thing.”</span> she said, flexing her robot arm and turning it over to show Joy.
<span class="mu-s">“Um…what happened to your arm?”</span> Joy asked, sounding genuinely concerned.
<span class="mu-r">“It’s a long story, Joy. Maybe I’ll tell you, if Anna here secretly serves whiskey under the counter.”</span> Misty said, glancing at Chef Ameyama for confirmation. <span class="mu-r">“No? Didn’t think so.”</span>
<span class="mu-b">“Then I guess we’ll have to form our wild theories for why we think you have a robot arm.”</span> Abe added, not bothering to look up from his phone as he leaned closer to Chef Ameyama. <span class="mu-b">“You know what? I’ll have what she’s having?”</span>
Abe pointed at Misty, and Chef Ameyama nodded her understanding.
<span class="mu-r">“Comin’ right up!”</span>
(Cont.)
