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"Leave us alone, let's go."
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The moment we stepped into the cafeteria, the girls turned to us and tried to leave the cafeteria.
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I quickly stepped back. It would be a disaster if they found out that I was sneaking a peek.
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What would people say about us? I think I'm living my life in the public eye. Maybe it's because green magic is not one of the five great magics of this country. I have to live well and dexterously.
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"Why did you come back?"
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"What the hell, they're on their way here."
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Finn sighed lightly at my excuses.
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It annoyed me that he was making fun of me for being so much younger than him, but I could understand why he was sighing at my current behavior.
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"I wonder what Alicia is trying to do."
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I don't know that either. Alicia just listens to them talk shit. And now they're leaving the cafeteria.
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Are you sure you're not going to do anything? I turned to Alicia.
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That's when it happened. Something shiny and bright came toward us.
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"What?"
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My voice and Finn's overlapped beautifully.
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Alicia threw a knife. The knife passed just past the girls and lodged cleanly in the wall.
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The girls still didn't seem to understand what had happened. They just stood there frozen.
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The knife had passed right by them. No wonder they don't understand what's going on right away.
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...... but still, what control. Can you aim that close to the edge?
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And you have to have a lot of muscle to make a knife fly that fast.
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"What, what happened ......?"
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I heard a small voice, trembling slightly.
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There was no more surprise in their eyes, but fear. They were staring at the knife with frightened eyes.
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"How did you feel when the knife came out of nowhere?"
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Alicia did not change her expression and muttered nothing more. She then turned to walk past the terrified girls, ignoring their presence.
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"Wait for me!"
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One strong-willed girl said, her voice straining desperately.
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"Payback? What did Emma say to you? Did they tell you to put fear in us? You're going to do to us what you did to Emma!"
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She screamed, her voice rising in a half-crazed frenzy.
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Alicia turned around with a confused look on her face. The moment Alicia turned around, she suddenly shut her mouth and looked frightened.
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From this position, I could not see the expression on Alicia's face, but I heard a low voice.
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"Next time I'm going to guess."
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There was tremendous pressure in her words. Now that was a very effective threat.
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They must have done something to Emma, since she had said it was payback.
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It would be easy to imagine their expressions even without words. This is what a face of fear looks like. ....... Alicia's actions, words, and deeds are so smooth, I wonder who she really is.
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......Isn't "manly" the word for Alicia? That's the question that popped into my head.
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"Don't you have to run away?"
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Finn said in a quiet voice to me.
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Yes, we have to get out of here without Alicia finding us.
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"Mr. Curtis, Mr. Finn, may I have a moment of your time?"
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I found myself eye to eye with Alicia.
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