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Mina
“No, it’s not,” I muttered, more to myself than to the illusion of Aldo, holding my head tighter. “You’re not here.”
“No, I’m in the Sliver base, but it’s me.”
I twisted out of his grasp to grab the gazebo’s loose stone and chucked it through the other illusion still standing at the top of the gazebo’s steps, the one that looked like Robbie. “Look at you. You’re not even trying to hide!”
“That’s not Robbie,” said Aldo.
“Obviously,” I said. “The real Robbie is trapped in a Sliver pod somewhere.”
“No, I mean, Shard-Robbie’s not here. I snuck a hit of his power last time he was at base so I could talk to you, but it’s only letting me in through, like, your fear center or something. He was just the first image that popped up there. Here, let me try again.”
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