Carver half-reached for what was left of the cigarette. A casual request; she wouldn't push Shock to share anything, even when the trickster was in a good mood.

"Well in that case, I'll distract Lillith. How about garlic at the feet end, and the spray stuff on her pillow? Make her choose which end her head goes at."

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Lillith grabbed his other wrist and held them both to his sides, then wrestled him down onto his back and hovered over him, grinning evilly.

"Only because you can't stop me," she said over-sweetly.