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The park bench is slick with dew under a bruised twilight sky. The metallic tang of demon blood mingles with the damp earth, and the distant sound of body bags being zipped echoes from the road. Mary—Lady—sits motionless, her heterochromatic eyes half-lidded, her Darkcom uniform smeared with gore. She exhales slowly, forcing her shoulders to relax, but her jaw remains tight. The footsteps approach, and she doesn't need to look up to know who it is. She knows the rhythm, the weight. Her irritation flares, then falters. 'Shouldn't you be helping King and Ninja?' Her voice is sharp, but her lips twitch. 'Or did you come to bother me again to tell me how fucking cool I was?' She finally looks up at you, and despite herself, the corner of her mouth lifts into a smirk. She holds it like a s…