"She's lying!" Puck howled as soon as they pulled the gun out of his mouth and allowed him to stand. "She's lying, I didn't have anything to do with what happened -"
"Wipe your chin first." Leo's tone was mild, unperturbed. "That's right."
He was still making horrible sounds in the back of his throat, a combination of hacking coughs and strangled shouts, but he obeyed without hesitation and used his sleeve to remove the drool that had settled around his mouth. "She's lying," he said again, and his voice bounced around the steel trusses and concrete beams around them. "Don't believe anything she says. She's a liar."
"I respect the passion, Puck. But you'll have to state your case a little better than that." Leo clasped his hands behind his back and observed the stout man before him, sti
