[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#B0C4DE]Avery Zain[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#B0C4DE]Location:[/color][/b] Caden's House – Chicago, IL 
[b][color=#B0C4DE]Skills:[/color][/b] [/center]
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I grin and pull the rag back and out of her reach. [color=#B0C4DE]”Literally the worst? That seems a little much, don’t you think?”[/color]

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#006400]Caden[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#006400]Location:[/color][/b] Caden’s Home – Chicago, IL
[b][color=#006400]Skills:[/color][/b] Shapeshifting[/center]
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[color=#006400]”You may freestyle if you wish. The portion I say in Gaelic you have to repeat word for word, but English or German will work just as well,”[/color] I assure them. I cut Nero’s palm before I join our two bloody palms together. The claw on my hand fades as I look into Nero’s eyes. [color=#006400][i]”Is tu fuil m'fhuil-sa, agus cnàimh do m' chnàmhaibh. Tha mi a’ toirt dhut mo chorp, a‑chum gum bi sinne le chèile nar aon. Tha mi toirt dhuibh mo spiorad, gus an bi ar beatha deanta.”[/i][/color]

I feel the beginning of a shift in my soul and with my dragon as we seem to come to the surface together, eager to hear the words repeated back to us. The final step would be the branding, but I would wait for Cassi’s help if Nero wanted the pain to be numbed.

[Hider=translations]You are the blood of my blood, and bone of my bones. I give you my body, so that we both become one. I give you my spirit, so that our life is done.[/hider]

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#DB7093]Cassiopeia Claire Alistair[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#DB7093]Location:[/color][/b] Police Station – Chicago, IL 
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I sat in Costa’s office, digging out all of the gems — including the yellow sapphire — the gun and the other papers I took from Mr Scott’s safe. I explained what happened at the Hindu Temple with the fountain and how I learned it had been tampered with. I also spoke to Mr Scott’s excitement with wanting to design a fountain and add the yellow sapphire to the fountain.

[color=#DB7093]”By the looks of all these gems and his assault record, Mr Scott isn’t used to being told no and likes to go after what he wants. He shows no remorse. I’m worried for his wife, but he couldn’t keep doing this and destroying people's heritage. You may take a picture of the yellow sapphire for your case, but I taking it back to the temple now since I know what to do.”[/color]

I can tell Costa wants to protest as much as he wants to praise me, but like Caden, I’m not easily pushed around. We speak a bit longer until he finally asks.

“And when will Nicholas Wu be in to give his statement?”

[color=#DB7093]”I can record a statement for you if you want it, but he will not be coming to the station for quite some time. I’m sure you understand,”[/color] I said, giving Costa a look that begged him to try me.

Instead, Costa shifted uncomfortably in his seat and nodded. “We’ll be in touch then.”

I smiled before I stood up and left the office with the sapphire gem back in my bag. I exited the precinct and looked for Nic.