[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#B0C4DE]Avery Zain[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#B0C4DE]Location:[/color][/b] Garden of The Gods – Chicago, IL 
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I stand there while they laugh at me and the situation we are in. I feel like it’s deserving as well as therapeutic for Kimiko. I rock my heels back and forth and look out over the edge until she’s done and asks me another question.

[color=#B0C4DE]”I have, although I use it more for stretching than mindfulness. This works better,”[/color] I say, gesturing to the space around us. 

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#DB7093]Cassiopeia Claire Alistair[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#DB7093]Location:[/color][/b]  – Chicago, IL 
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I hug Nic back, both amused and impressed, as he talks about the different oaths taken. I suppose I was talking about the second oath he mentions, which is a law more than an oath. His last statement shocks me, though. 

[color=#DB7093]”Nicholas Wu, did you look this man up in the hospital system?”[/color] I searched his eyes, wondering where this rebel side of him had been hiding.

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#006400]Caden[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#006400]Location:[/color][/b] Caden’s Home – Chicago, IL
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I go out to the bedroom and stand there for a moment before I start to tidy up. I replay Nero’s memory in my head over and over again, committing Mundus’ face and voice to memory. I knew Hell was full of people like Mundus, and Nero likely did some of the same things he did just to regain some control in their lives, but Nero was mine now, which meant anyone who had harmed them had harmed me.

I walked over to the bookshelf in my room and scanned the row of books before I pulled one down. Any of the books I needed for more research-based purposes were in my office, but I wasn’t going to leave Nero. I brought my book over to the couch and sat down to try and drown out the murderous thoughts in my head.