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"That was fantastic!" She said with a hoarse voice. She turned to Raven, "Can you do that again?"
Raven seemed surprised but closed her eyes to focus for a moment. But beyond a few sparks, she seemingly couldn't repeat her feat. "It feels like I'm trying to untie a string with no knots." She explained as I towelled down Gwen.
I nodded, "Maybe it has to do with venting your frustration? You got a little… handsy with Gwen there at the end."
Raven immediately started apologizing to Gwen, but the blonde just waved her off, "No, don't feel bad about that, it felt great! How do you feel about being wound up like that again?"
Raven shrugged, "Maybe if we go on another shared date like this? I still want to properly celebrate killing my father so definitely can't be for my next date with Jon."
"You know, I don't need to be there for that." I suggested, "I'm going to be pretty busy next week since the progress on the compound in Niger has been going a lot faster than expected. So if you guys have some time to yourselves, you can try things out. You definitely seemed to enjoy playing with each other just now."
Raven turned to Gwen immediately, "Can we?"
"Sure, we can compare ur scedules later and see if we line up." Gwen chuckled, ruffling Raven's hair.
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From there we ended up just talking as we hung around in the dining area.
I worked away at the stove as the ladies discussed plans for their own day together. Or rather, two. Apparently, there was a band that existed on both of their worlds that they both liked, and given the offset Gwen's world had from Raven's, they were able to work some things out so that they would be able to attend the same concert twice in two different worlds.
They were even planning to see if Angela was willing to tag along and make it an all-girls night.
Or something like that at least.
As I served up a round of sweet sandwiches, we heard a portal flare to life.
The door slid open to reveal a frazzled Angela, who collapsed on the table.
I moved my chair over and sat down next to her, swinging my hand over her shoulders, "What happened? Did the mind-dive not work?"
"No, it worked," Anglea said, "It's just…"
Raven nodded, "There was nothing there, was there?"
"Oh, no, there were plenty of mental constructs of Talon members there. I think that they are some manifestation of the brainwashing? But… Amelie wasn't." She admitted.
I pulled her close and let her lean into me, "What's going to happen to Widowmaker then?"
"Well, we destroyed a lot of the Talon constructs while we were in there, and when we left her mind… she sort of… imprinted on me? She's spilling everything she knows about Talon's operations to Jack while we gear up to take them out of the picture, but once that's done… we don't really know what to do. We were originally going to absolve Amelie of any crimes Widowmaker committed but we weren't really expecting to have what amounts to an entirely new person." Angela groaned.
Gwen furrowed her brow, "You said, she was telling Jack about Talon's bases, does she still have her memories?"
"Yes." Angela confirmed.
"Does that mean she still has her skills?" I asked.
Angela nodded.
Well, that complicated things.