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[center][h1][color=#9B111E]Nero[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#9B111E]Location:[/color][/b] Caden’s Home - Chicago, IL
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[color=#9B111E]“Then I’m sold.”[/color] I say gleefully as I look Caden up and down before I take the end of the band from him. [color=#9B111E] “Plus the jump rope thing was pretty fun once Avery showed me how to do it.”[/color] I brace myself for Caden to start, squaring my shoulders and putting on a ‘tough’ expression. 

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[center][h1][color=F7941D]Nicholas “Nic” Wu[/color][/h1]
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I nod, taking Avery’s advice and implementing it into the routine. When Avery tells me Kimiko is the prize, I can’t help but look at her briefly. I guess I could see where someone might feel territorial over her - she had that sort of ‘girl-next-door’ vibe going for her after all. 

[color=FFF79A]“And what woman wouldn’t swoon over some stinky, sleazy man treating her like an inanimate object?”[/color] Kimiko adds, frustration seeping into her punches now. 

Nodding, I start to understand what might have happened. [color=F7941D]“Wait, so Kimiko wouldn’t have been able to fight them on her own then? I guess it’s good you were there then, Avery.”[/color] I say, still a little confused at the weird tension between the two of them.

[color=FFF79A]“Hey! Don’t inflate his ego! I would’ve been just fine.”[/color] Kimiko interjects.

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