Sidekicked
“We are huddled in a circle eating crackers with circles of what might once have been peanut butter between them, a gift from Mr. Masters, who apologized for not buying pizza and apologized yet again for having to interrupt our training to go make some calls, leaving us to fend for ourselves and to cope with the fact that, only two hundred miles away, one of the most notorious criminal gangs in history had just kicked off a reunion tour. I am just about to open my crackers when Gavin shoots off ...his stupid mouth.
“What do you mean, what’s the big deal?” Nikki replies through chomps of strawberry bubble gum, beating me to it. “Are you nuts? These guys are totally hardcore. The Dealer was a criminal mastermind.”
“Is a criminal mastermind,” I correct. I figure you use the present tense when talking about someone back from the dead.
“Right,” she says. “The Suits went on a crime spree that lasted three years. It took the entire Legion of Justice to bring them down. And you’re asking what the big deal is?”MoreLess
“What do you mean, what’s the big deal?” Nikki replies through chomps of strawberry bubble gum, beating me to it. “Are you nuts? These guys are totally hardcore. The Dealer was a criminal mastermind.”
“Is a criminal mastermind,” I correct. I figure you use the present tense when talking about someone back from the dead.
“Right,” she says. “The Suits went on a crime spree that lasted three years. It took the entire Legion of Justice to bring them down. And you’re asking what the big deal is?”MoreLess
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