38 Thorne “The key to defeating any enemy is knowing their main weakness. Often, that is a member of the opposite sex.” – Wu Zhao Zetain, The Art of Sentient War This is so like Vargas. The Liberation Celebration has just begun and yet, he still hasn’t shown up to collect the Hollow. Talk about playing mind games. For her part, the Hollow waits in our conversation pit area, seemingly calm as can be. If you look closely, you can see how her pulse jumps in her throat. Not that I blame her. I twist my thumb rings in a nervous rhythm. Each of us has a set now. Chloe couldn’t make cuff links like the Scythe wore, but these should do the trick. The left band is to copy your target; the right ring will allow you to project a hologram of that person around yourself. The Hollow and Chloe figu

