"Because she's about..." he paused to check his watch, "three hours from having to go face the Panel and will probably walk away with an alarming number of bruises and fractured bones--if she can even walk away at all... Of course, that's if her and the four rugrats that came the first time didn't come to an agreement after we left last night, and guessing by how that migraine was looking when I left, I'm doubting anyone got past her saying that we can't kill the bastards and have done with it..."
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