"Oh, why didn't you let him kill me?"
"I will be a long time explaining that to myself." Zorro strode to his horse. "Adios, Magdalena."
Magdalena's resolve broke and she ran after him. "Senor Zorro! Senor Zorro, wait!" He wouldn't stop. She pulled her proverbial wild card. "Diego! Stop this instant! Diego de la Vega!" The horse was pulled to a stop so quickly Zorro probably got whiplash. He turned to ride over to her. Magdalena took her shoes off; it was too hard to run in these shoes meant for dancing. "Why did you call me that?" He asked harshly.
"First things first. You are a fool. And you ruined everything."
"What?"
"You had no proof I was a true agent of the Eagle, stupido. Do you know how long it takes trusted by the Eagle? Three years! Three years I was waiting for him to give me the greater missions. Why? Because I am involved in the noble art of espionage. From the beginning,I spied for the Viceroy. I sat through tedious meetings of lower agents. I acted the flighty flirt so no one would suspect. I let myself be thought of as a ramera just so he would trust me with the feathers. And you wiped out that trust with the single cut on a feather!"
He just stared.
"We had prepared three years for this! If you hadn't meddled, Galindo's reign would be over that much quicker!" She snapped her fingers and Zorro flinched. "And then we could begin with the Eagle! And I wouldn't be suspect! But now I will be pursued with killers and not even for the correct reasons!" She exhaled. "But to your question…you really are a fool if you think that disguise fools anyone. Anyone who is fooled by it...Los Angeles seems to be full of idiotas." She turned in disgust then, and stalked back to her father's side. After a moment, Zorro turned to ride again and was gone in the blink of an eye.