Steel returned an icy stare. "Precisely."
"Avon!" Vila whined. "They did appear out of thin air without teleport bracelets. And they did deal with that weird rift that all the stuff was coming from. And they seem like nice friendly types. Can't you just trust people for once?"
Avon and Steel looked at each other.
"Of course not," Avon said.
"Why should he?" Steel agreed.
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