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Steph & Maia's avatar

Syd wiped his brow with a filthy handkerchief. Nyssa rolled her eyes. How did she end up here? Her instincts were usually more on point.

"What will it be?" the bartender asked.

"Directions to the subway?" Nyssa said hopefully.

"Not sure that's best, love. Have you heard about...."

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Preeti P's avatar

Nyssa rolled her eyes again. Of course she had heard about what happened on the subway. And of course this man felt she needed protecting. Little did he know that Nyssa…

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Lynne Stefanchuk's avatar

... was cruelly aware how it all could have been avoided if she had just arrived ten minutes earlier. "Yes," she answered, "I heard. It's a strange, scary world, isn't it, love."

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Deb Johnston's avatar

subway tokens? Where are they?" She paused to look up at him after finally finding the subway map in her backpack. "SYD! Ok you do not look ok! Turning to see what had froze that look on his face, she swallowed hard. Syd was staring at...

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Deborah Schaumberg's avatar

Instinctively, she ran her fingers over the knife concealed below the black wool of her overcoat. Strange indeed, and now she'd have to hunt for ...

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Steph Jagger's avatar

...a map to the subway— and some way to get there.

"Syd?" she asked, a little less exasperated with him now that she'd taken a sip of her drink. "You okay? Do you remember what you did with the . . . "

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Maia Toll's avatar

“Do you remember what you did with the… thingy?” Nysa asked pointedly, aware the bartender was still lurking.

Syd felt around the inner pocket of his trench coat. “Got it,” he said with a wink. “Let’s get back tot he future, babe!”

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