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Sneaking 101, Thursday

There was no Atton this week. Just Ezra. Also the Danger Shop was programmed to look like a movie theater. So if your immediate guess was that this week's session would be easy, you were absolutely one hundred percent correct.

"Hey," Ezra said, waving lazily from where he was slouched in a seat near the back. "Atton's not here, so I'm in charge. And that means we're giving the actual sneaking a pass this week. It's just as important to see what other people are doing sometimes, you know?"

He didn't know, really. He was just being lazy.

"So without further hassle, sit down and enjoy our feature presentation of the day."

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"Why can't people just do good things for the sake of doing good things?" Kathy asked. "Then we wouldn't have to spin anything! But these jerks shouldn't get credit for possibly calling the SATs into question when they're whole purpose is to just take the easy road while everyone else works hard."

"Because we're all inherently selfish?" Raven shrugged. "At least in America, anyway."

"Maybe so, but it's not that hard to at least rise to the level of acting in enlightened self-interest, instead of just self-interest.

"Maybe not for you. But you're naturally not an asshole. For others it seems to take more work."

Kathy had to fight down a smile at that. She was still grumpy, but it was nice to not be considered an asshole.

"The squirrels think you're scarier than I am, by the way," she told Raven. "I said that wasn't true, but they just laughed."

"That's because you look all nice and innocent on the outside," Raven said. "And because I can turn into an elephant and stomp on them." She brightened. "Oh! I meant to tell you! I flew this weekend!"

"On the outside," Kathy agreed. "That's the important distinction!"

Keep telling yourself that, Kathy.

"You did? That's awesome! As a bird, or as yourself? How was it?" She put her chin in her hands and gestured for Raven to tell her all about it.

"A bird. It was amazing. And totally terrifying." Raven shrugged. "And . . . technically maybe only gliding? But still! I busted out of the ship by turning into a big bone armored elephant? But then, you know, I was in mid-air as a big armored elephant and not looking to die, so I turned into a falcon, had to dodge a tree, and landed in a bush."

It was what some would prefer to term "falling with style", to be honest.

Yeah, well, forget those people. Raven had flown and that was amazing and haters could go directly to the left.

"So it sounds like you can subconsciously change into things to keep you alive. That's good to know. What did it feel like? Do you remember? Can you maybe mimic some of that?"

Raven shrugged. "Maybe? I can definitely try. I was thinking I should ask Hardison if he can let me into the Danger Shop sometimes to practice. Then if I screw up, I'm way less likely to go 'splat'."

"If you can drag him out of Eliot's house," Kathy grumbled. "But that sounds like a good idea. I like you non-splatted. You think he'll go for it?"

"I bet I could," Raven said. "He was trying to hit me up for gossip when we were in the sim. I could offer a trade. Of course, that might have been because I was teasing him about his love life. . . ."

Let's be real, Hardison would be up for anything that let him play with the Danger Shop more.

"Oh god, teasing him how?" Kathy asked. "That shouldn't even work, none of them have any shame."

"I told him about our bet. For when they'd call out and ask us to cover because they were busy having sex." Raven tilted her head. "Which I think you won, by the way."

"It's Thursday aren't they tired?" Kathy bitched. "I'm pretty sure our TA duties don't cover radio shifts. I'm waiting for you to get called in to work at the diner or whatnot."

"Maybe I'll go over after class and pretend to be one of them. Hardison is usually there on Thursdays, right?"

"Yup," Kathy said, rolling her eyes. "$20 he isn't there today, though."

"That's a sucker's bet. He made you do radio."

"Because I'm not 'scary' enough to keep the squirrels away." Kathy wasn't pouting, it was a trick of the light. "I'm plenty scary. Damn near terrifying. Ask the dealer I took down last night! He'll say!"

"They once dragged Hardison's boyfriend in to do radio," Raven said. "So I'm thinking 'not scary enough to keep squirrels away' is a skewed measurement."

"Okay, that's fair," Kathy admitted. "Though next time he bails on radio, I'm sending them in your direction, just so you know."

"And I'll turn into a cat and hiss at them if they try to wake me up."

"Turn into a snake and eat one," Kathy suggested. "Then they'll know to avoid our room forever."

"But then I might get indigestion."

"Yeah, but it'll be worth it not to have to worry about getting bothered by squirrels again."

Now who was the scary one?

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