“Wait,” I Exclaimed
make sure to never do it with a singer- conspicuous because of its size
- my brain got heated
- right after she cut off all her hair
- “Don’t you think I want you to?”
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“Wait,” I exclaimed, “you don’t know the whole story!”
“I know more than you,” Jenkins spat back, inserting that one coherent phrase seamlessly into the cascade of incomprehensibly inventive obscenities. Jenkins had flow. Jason might have stood a chance against her in a rap battle, but not me. Sailors get all the props, but if you decide to get into a swearing contest, take my advice and make sure to never do it with a singer.
She advanced on me like an army brigade. I gulped. The only person I’d ever seen take Jenkins on and win was Joan. I retreated, my ankles brushing tangled Tessa-bot wreckage. When I glanced down, one exposed component was conspicuous because of its size. It told me two things that I was happy to know.
I stooped and grabbed the robot guts. Jenkins sprang at me. I hit a button on the side of the immense capacitor, and electric current arced out, intercepting Jenkins in mid-air. She thudded to the sidewalk, twitching, eyes bugging out.
That was the first thing. The other thing it told me concerned the bot’s origins. My brain got heated with the effort of remembering how I’d obtained the parts I needed when I invented the underwater digging machine. Because the logo on this capacitor matched the ones I received. It was after Tessa lost our first bet, which meant it was right after she cut off all her hair. But who was the supplier?
“Bravo.”
Whirling around, I saw Setsuko. I gulped again. The capacitor was drained now, useless. But maybe she didn’t know that.
“Stop there,” I barked, “or I’ll zap you!”
She took another step, purring, “Don’t you think I want you to?”
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