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Chapter 33: Torture

Outside POV

Time: 05:46

Max's eyes fluttered open. She looked around blearily, and once she remembered the last few seconds before she was captured, she started struggling. She was lying on the floor, her hands were tied behind her back and her legs were tied together. She tried reaching into her pocket for a knife but the ropes were too tight.

"No use," she heard a voice say. She turned her head and noticed that the dark bundle lying near the corner was in fact a person. Slowly, it rolled over and Shadow faced Max. One of her eyes was swollen shut, and there was dried blood encrusted in her hair. "We're disarmed."

"Wonderful," Max spat. She glanced around the room. It was really big and there were no windows and no light. The air smelled like blood and excrement. The floor was rough, cold cement. Across the room was a door with a fairly rusted cart next to it. Bars and beams crisscrossed the ceiling. Max spotted Fang across the room. He was unconscious and all bundled up but at least, to Max's relief, he was breathing. She also saw Hunter, Ghost and Chris, similarly wrapped up. Ghost met her eyes and he looked away angrily.

"Fucking SHIT," he yelled and thrashed around. Shadow rolled her eyes.

"That didn't work the first twelve ti-" she began.

"FUCK YOU!" he yelled. Shadow sighed heavily but didn't say a word.

"I'm just going to go out on a wing here and assume we were captured by Itex and not rogue Erasers," Max said. Shadow nodded. This feels oddly normal. Totally a sign that I'm going nuts, Max thought. A moan from Hunter signaled his waking. He rolled onto his back, looked around and groaned.

"This is all YOUR FUCKING FAULT Hunter!" Ghost shouted. Hunter groaned louder and banged his head against this floor. Ghost continued. "If it wasn't for that DAMN Angel, we wouldn't be in this mess. I should've been assigned to shoot the gun, not this stupid girl! There's a REASON why the Fallen was better than the Angels and that was the lack of PMS-ing women!"

Max and Shadow glowered at him, not appreciating their gender being insulted.

"They're going to kill you," said Fang. His awakening had gone unnoticed. Max met his eyes and she tried smiling.

"Shut UP traitor!" Ghost shouted.

"Can someone knock him out? Please," Shadow muttered under her breath. Max ignored him and rolled closer to Fang. They leaned on their sides and their fingers mingled briefly. After the sweet moment, they started trying to unknot each other's ropes.

"Where am I?" Chris moaned, stirring. She looked around and shrieked, noticing that she had been captured.

"Itex. Don't worry Crystal, we're going to get out of here," Max said, trying to undo one particularly nasty knot.

Chris's eyes darkened and her voice was uncharacteristically bitter. "We better. You broke the rules and now we're here."

Max stopped and tried glancing in her direction. "Excuse me?"

"Fang knows the risks. You abandoned me to go save him. Great friend you are," Chris spat.

"He required assistance! You didn't need any! I hadn't known that I needed to hold your hand through everything," Max shot back.

"That's not what I mean and you know it!"

"Enough you two," Hunter broke in. "We're all in this-"

"You're not my leader, so shut up!" Crystal shouted.

"No one wants to hear your complaining Chris," Ghost said.

"Pot meet kettle," Shadow muttered.

"Oh FUCK YOU!" Ghost shouted again. Shadow rolled her eyes.

"Ghost, you have no right to even speak to me after what you did to me," Chris hissed. Ghost rolled his eyes.

"You and Cass were the ones who ran away." All eyes were on Chris and Ghost.

"What? No we weren't! You threw us out! We would never run away!" Chris said indignantly.

"I would have never thrown you guys out. You were very valuable," Ghost said stiffly.

"Oh, did you conveniently forget about the e-mail you sent me the day before we were set to work with the Fallen? The one that said 'You're useless, simpleminded and you're out of the group.'" Chris said in a mocking tone. Ghost looked clueless.

"What are you talking about? You know I would never-"

"YOU DID!" Chris screamed. "YOU STUPID-"

"Can you guys SHUT UP!" Hunter roared over Chris. "If I hear another word about who abandoned who, I will rip your throats out!"

"Seriously you two, enough bickering. When we get out of here, you can argue all you want. Key words: When we get out of here. So quiet," Max said, yanking on Fang's ropes hard.

"You're not going anywhere," a voice echoed through the room. "So I'd sit tight if I were you."

"C'mon furball! What happened to the traditional fair fight? Tired of me kicking your butt?" Max challenged. Fang's fingers started working faster, untangling the knot.

"Alright birdies, you asked for it," the voice said. There was a sound of a microphone being slammed into the holder. Silence.

"I am terrified. No really, I am," Max said, her voice bored.

A high keening noise sliced through the air. The avian hybrids, whose hearing was more acute than the humans, struggled harder against the ropes just so they could cover their ears. Chris and Ghost exchanged a clueless look.

"What's going on?" Ghost demanded. But Max, Hunter, Fang and Shadow were unable to answer; for, the noise became sharper. The pressure was so much; it felt like their eardrums were going to pop. To the humans, it was just an irritating ringing.

The sound stopped and all anyone could hear was a horrid, barking laugh.

"This is just the beginning," the voice said, once it calmed down.

The keening sound rang through the air, leaving the torture room in chaos.

"Cass, what are we going to do! This is horrible! Max, Fang, AND Chris were kidnapped! What are they going to do to them? I saw some of the Fallen were taken too Cass! Jeb always warned us about what to do if they captured us, what if Max really does have to kill herself! What are we going to do?" Nudge cried, her hysterical voice echoing through the back of the parked van. Cassandra was also panicking inside. She was not a Leader, at all. But she knew she had to be strong for everyone else.

"Nudge, calm down," Cass said, trying out her best Max voice.

"Everything will be okay in the end," Ella said, putting her arm around Nudge. Cass couldn't help admiring Ella's calmness in such a bad situation.

"Cassie," Angel said, pulling on Cass's arm. Cass looked over to Angel, who was staring off into a distance.

"Yes Ang, what's up?" Cass said, putting her hand on Angel's shoulder. Angel looked up at her, eyes intense.

"The Fallen are in the park. Hunter, Shadow and Ghost were captured also by the same Erasers," Angel said. Cass felt a bit more worried now. Was the whole thing a set up? Why would Jeb send them on a mission where they could be captured so easily?

"I think we should team up," Angel continued, her face already set like stone.

"Angel, remember Jeb's rules," Cass cautioned, biting her nails.

"I don't care about Jeb! I want Max back!" Angel shouted, jumping out of the van and running into the park.

"ANGEL! Come back! As your Leader, obey? ANGEL!" Cass shouted, jumping out and running after her.

Angel skidded to a halt in front of a park bench. Cass came up behind her and looked up. Iggy was standing in front of the Gasman, and was looking in the general direction of Angel. Lies was sitting on the bench, his arm around the sober Ari. Cass's eyes met his and she hurriedly looked away. She was supposed to hate Lies.

"Hi," Angel said sweetly. "I'm Angel. I know that Itex took your Leader. They took mine too. If we work together, I can help get your Leader back, along with Shadow and Ghost."

"And why would we take your help?" Iggy asked, the suspicion obvious in his voice.

"Because I can read minds," Angel said. "I know you went to IHOP for breakfast and ordered 10 pancakes with maple syrup, sugar, and a strawberry on top. You also stole some of Hunter's bacon, and he threatened you with having to do laundry for a month which you don't mind because you love the smell of laundry."

Iggy looked in the general direction of Lies and back at the ground. Cass held her breath, hoping that he said-

"Sure. I guess. What's the plan?"

After a while, the keening sound ceased.

Max slowly straightened her body out of fetal position. She heard a bunch of footsteps and then the door was slammed open. She cracked her eyes open and saw four Erasers, smiling hungrily at her and her group.

"Hey Fido and friends, what's cracking?" she rasped. The smiles dropped off of the Erasers faces. The one in front of the rest just barked out a laugh.

"Feisty. She's Max, head of the Angels," he said. He walked over to her and ripped off her black wig. "See?"

Fang tried rolling over to Max to assist her, but the Eraser kicked him hard. He skidded across the floor and collided with Chris. The Erasers laughed at her cry of pain. Then, the lead one grabbed Max and tied her up to one of the low ceiling beams.

"I always wanted to be a decoration when I grew up!" Max said with sarcasm evident in her voice. "How'd you guess Fido?"

"The name's Jagger," the Eraser said. "And I know your secret."

"Oh darn it! Fang, I told you not to tell anyone that I hated overgrown fur balls," Max said, feigning an upset look.

Jagger laughed much to Max's irritation. "No, not that one. This one." He snapped his fingers and one of the Erasers rolled forth a large cage which held an enormous green snake. All the blood drained from Max's face and her heart started beating faster. If there was one thing she was afraid of in the whole world, it was snakes.

"Aw Max, you don't like my pet anaconda?" Jagger mocked, opening the cage. The snake slowly slid out towards Max. Max tried lifting up her feet, but the snake slithered around them anyways, making the hair on the back of her neck stand on end.

"Not particularly. It'd be cuter if it wasn't yours," Max said, trying not to show how freaked out she was.

"Maybe you should take a closer look," Jagger snarled. He grabbed the snake and wrapped it around her. Max tried staying perfectly still, knowing that a reaction was what they were looking for.

Fang knew that Max hated snakes. He tried rolling over but the Erasers kicked him back. Fang growled and tried again. Jagger laughed and yanked Fang upright by his hair. Jagger pulled out a switchblade from his pocket and held it up to Fang's mouth.

"What's with the sour face?" Jagger breathed. Fang glared and said nothing. Jagger continued, "I've heard you don't talk much Fang. I think a serious birdie like you should smile more, shouldn't he fellas?" The Erasers at the doorway laughed and agreed. Jagger put the switchblade near the corner of Fang's mouth. "How about a permanent smile? It's less work."

"Someone's watched The Dark Knight one too many times," Hunter muttered. Shadow snickered but said nothing. Jagger locked onto Hunter, and threw Fang at Max. Max swung a bit and the snake adjusted itself tighter around her.

"Ah Hunter," Jagger said, beaming. "I wouldn't speak much if I were you."

"And I wouldn't go outside if I looked like you, but to each their own," Hunter retorted.

Jagger sighed and shook his head. "Hale? Get me the shears."

"Hale? Seriously? I am so scared of some guy named Hale. He might pack my grocery bags at the supermarket wrong," Hunter said, rolling his eyes.

An Eraser stepped towards Hunter, holding up a tool that resembled a crocodile clip except the end had hemi-cylindrical blades that when closed, was a long narrow tube. The inside looked like it had spikes in it.

"Do you want to know where this goes?" Hale rasped, spitting on Hunter. Hunter wrinkled his nose in distaste.

"All I know right now is that you need Listerine," Hunter replied. Hale barked out a laugh and muttered the answer as to where the shears are placed to Hunter. Hunter visibly paled and gulped, aching just from the thought of the shears. Hale laughed, straightened up and kicked Hunter hard in the chest. Hunter rolled face first onto the dirty floor.

"We should give them a big, warm, Itex welcome," Jagger said, smiling. The two other Erasers that were standing by the door walked in and started beating on the closest person to them. Once that person looked bruised enough, they moved onto the next person.

"Alright guys and gals, enough fun time!" Jagger called out. The Erasers stood up, giddy with bloodlust and started licking their hands, chest, wherever blood splattered. Jagger tied up Fang, Hunter, Shadow, Ghost and Chris to the same beam where Max was hanging. Jagger removed the snake from Max and roughly threw it back in its cage. Max, who was spared from the beating, angrily looked on and wished that she was free…so she could kill them.

"I think I've shown you what my associates and I are capable of doing," Jagger snarled. "Answer me: Who are you working for?"

"The greater good and all that sweet, sugary stuff that you can find at your local candy store," Max said. Jagger backhanded her across the face.

"Tell me!" he shouted. Max spat a wad of phlegm in his face. Jagger laughed and wiped his face slowly. "Zadie, give Max one of your special manicures. She wants to be treated like a princess."

After grabbing something from the table, one of the Erasers morphed into her human form. She walked towards Max, with a big demonic grin on her face. She grabbed one of Max's fingers, and with red-hot pliers, tore off Max's nail. Max made a small noise, but otherwise made no indication of pain.

"What a tough cookie," Jagger said, approaching Max. "Her mother always made really good cookies. Too bad she had to die. She would've made a very good slave."

"Your mother was an idiot who donated her eggs to Itex for money," Max sneered. "She didn't care what happened to you. She doesn't care that you're alive. At least mine did."

"Here's the difference between me and you, Maxie-poo. Oh look, I rhymed," Jagger said. The others laughed. "You care about all the emotional crap." He breathed on Max's neck, and she didn't flinch. "I DON'T!" he drew back his fist and punched her in the gut. He walked over to Hunter and grinned, "Hopefully you'll be smarter."

"I am smarter," Hunter said, rolling his eyes. "I'm smart enough to know not to converse with idiots that will probably dramatically decrease my brain cell count."

"Smash that freak across the face!" Hale shouted, grabbing something from the cart.

"They need you to get back to aisle eight Hale, the spill of dog food is waiting for you," Hunter said, smirking. Hale howled in anger. He pushed Jagger out of the way, grabbed Hunter and snapped his arm. Hunter uttered a stream of curses and tried his best to kick Hale but Hale nimbly jumped away.

Jagger growled and punched Hale in the back of his head. "You moron! Fine, we'll just ask the other boy. Zadie, Veda, come to me." Jagger walked over to Fang, flanked by the two female Erasers. His eyes flickered over the avian boy who glared darkly back at him. "I suggest you talk. These two are my most vicious henchmen."

Fang said nothing.

"Aw, Fang, sometimes I wonder if they made you mute and stupid. Then I realize, you're probably just stupid. Hunter and Max were made to be the superior experiments. You and Shadow were simply made to follow."

Fang said nothing.

"I'm sure you remember. The anger at always being second best. No one cares for you two. You are inferior to them. Remember what you were made to do."

Fang said nothing.

"If you tell me who's leading you, I'll tell you what you were made for."

Fang said nothing.

"Fine Fang. But just don't forget this," the Eraser leaned close to Fang, caressing his face and digging his blood encrusted nails into Fang's cheeks. "You're more like me than you think." Jagger backed off and signaled Veda and Zadie to Fang. They grinned, approached Fang, and one of them ripped off Fang's shirt.

"Kinky?" Ghost joked, but was awarded with a smack from Hale.

Zadie poured ice cold water on Fang's back, making him hiss. Veda picked up a cat o' nine tails whip, and brought it down hard against Fang's back. Fang bit the inside of his cheek hard, trying not to show any emotion. He unfurled his wings, not wanting them to get the brunt of the blow.

"You FUCKING FREAK!" Veda shouted, continuing her onslaught. Blood seeped from Fang's back to the floor. "You all think you're fucking BETTER than us! YOU'RE JUST LIKE US! ALL FUCKED UP, JUST LIKE US!"

Jagger watched contently at the pain that Fang was trying to hide. He looked at how angry Max was getting and how Hunter was trying not to look concerned, but kept glancing over. His eyes slid over, knowing Shadow's reaction would be the most savory of-

Her face was blank.

Jagger strolled over to her and she stiffened. He went close to her ear and whispered, "Does it hurt you? Seeing your brother like that?"

Shadow frowned but her response was automatic. "He's not my brother. It's an Itex lie."

Jagger threw his head back, laughed and said loudly, "Omega was RIGHT! They don't remember ANYTHING!" The other Erasers only seemed to care about the blood that was streaming on the floor from Fang's back. Jagger went back to Shadow's ear. "Are you that horrible of a person that you can't even remember your own flesh and blood brother?"

"I don't remember because he doesn't EXIST," Shadow muttered through gritted teeth. Jagger shook his head.

"Hale, roll the cart over to me, she needs to lighten up some," Jagger said. Hale pushed the cart over and Jagger examined a few tools before choosing one.

"Now Shadow, if you tell me who is leading you, I won't remind you of something very bad that's happened to you before," Jagger said, waving a long cylindrical tube in her face. Shadow rolled her eyes in response. Jagger poked her with the tube and shocked her. Her eyes widened in slight panic and she turned to glare at him.

"How the hell-"

"I ask the questions," Jagger said, shocking her again. "Now tell me who you four are working for."

"Come up with some original interrogation fur ball!" Max shouted from across the room.

"You had your chance Max; it's time to have fun with someone else. If you so desire attention Hale can grace you with his presence," Jagger said. He turned back to Shadow, tapping the cow prod against his hand. "Tell me Shadow. If you do, you and Fang go free."

"Why?" Shadow asked. "Why us?"

"I ask the questions," Jagger repeated and shocked her with a higher voltage. "I'll tell you the same thing I said to Fang. You're more like us than you think."

"I'm nothing like you!" Shadow snarled. "I'm not telling you anything. Fuck off."

"Nasty mouth," Jagger said simply. He placed the prod right on her chest and began to shock her. She tried to move away but she was bound in place.

"I'm not going to stop until I hear you screaming," Jagger rasped in her ear.

"I'd…rather…die," Shadow grated out. Her muscles were starting to have spasms from the electricity.

"It seems that we're having chicken for dinner!" Jagger called to the other Erasers. They laughed horribly and a tiny whimper escaped Shadow's lips. Jagger's face changed from violent to calm.

"Fine. Veda, enough with the boy. Save some energy for later," he said. Shadow hung her head in shame. Veda threw the whip to the side and licked Fang's back. Fang cried out, half-delirious and half unconscious from the pain.

Jagger approached Chris who shied away from him. He grabbed her by the head and forced her to face him.

"Tell me human, why did the United States government send you to help out these failures," Jagger said, gesturing to the avian hybrids.

"We all look cute together?" Chris said, trying to keep calm. Jagger took out his switchblade again and held it against her nose.

"Well you know what else would be cute? Your nose on my plate for dinner," Jagger said. Hale licked his lips and a low, hungry rumble escaped from his throat.

"Well, I'm not going to tell you," Chris resolved, biting her lip to keep it from quivering.

"It looks like you put a lot of time on your looks. It'd be a shame if such a pretty girl like you lost her nose," Jagger said, putting pressure on the switchblade.

"Leave her alone!" Ghost called out. Hunter sucked in air, but didn't say anything. He knew there was no use. Ghost just dug his grave.

"What did you say human?" Hale growled, grabbing Ghost by his neck. Ghost tried to answer but only managed to sputter out 'me…go…'

"Maybe if you let him go, he'd answer. Man Hale, you're not bright at all," Hunter called out. Hale howled in anger, grabbed a saw from the cart, and held it on Hunter's wing.

"If you don't shut your FUCKING mouth, I'm going to rip this shit off, eat it, and shove the bones down your fucking THROAT!" Hale bellowed, getting spit all over Hunter's face.

"You really need a therapist. What is wrong with you?" Hunter said, his voice nonchalant. Hale's eyes widened and his nostrils flared in fury. He started to slash through Hunter's primary feathers to his bone. Hunter cried out in pain and Shadow started to struggle harder.

"Hale! Have some self-control! Veda, hold him down," Jagger ordered. Veda tackled Hale and a slight struggle ensued. Veda ended up on top while Hale struggled below her. Jagger rolled his eyes and walked over to Ghost, who was gasping for air.

"Well, since you're so eager to talk, answer my question," Jagger said. "Why is the United States government getting into Itex's business?"

"That wasn't the same question you asked before. I only allow wolf failures one question a day," Ghost stated with a smug smile on his face.

"I believe that's discrimination," Zadie said, appearing next to him with a bucket of water in her hand. "Jagger has been so nice to all of you, but I'm sick of standing here listening to your disrespectful remarks. Especially yours human. We each can kill you in 500 different ways and yet you mouth off to us?" Zadie grabbed Ghost by his hair and put the bucket near his face. "Answer us."

"Wah wah, inferior human, I am better, yet all I'm doing is whining about how better I am than you wah wah. Get off your soapbox please," Ghost sighed, feigning a yawn. Zadie pushed his head cruelly into the bucket and after a minute, she let him up. He spat the water that he swallowed in her face. Her glare hardened and she shoved his head in the bucket again. Jagger thumped her on the back and turned to Chris, whose face was a mask of horror.

"Now my pretty…If you answer my question, we'll stop drowning your boyfriend," Jagger said, patting her head.

"I'm not your anything you SON OF A BITCH!" Chris yelled. Max groaned loudly, trying to draw his attention away from the two humans, yet she was ignored.

"That hurts my feelings," Jagger said. With his claw, he loosened the ropes that bound her wrists. She quickly tried to punch him, but Jagger was faster. He caught her hands and kissed them. Chris screamed and tried lashing out at him. He tightened his grip and slowly started crushing her hands.

"LET GO!" she yelped, tears streaming down her face. He continued until an agonizing crack resonated through the room.

"Satisfaction," Jagger sighed contently as Chris was wailing in pain. He turned to the avian hybrids with a crazed smile on his face. "Her pain is your fault. If only you just told me what I wanted to hear, this devastating ordeal wouldn't have happen."

Fang moaned in pain and Jagger shook his head in pity. "Veda, would you please treat the boy before he catches an infection. Itex would punish us if he dies."

"Yes sir," she said, standing up. She grabbed anti-septic from the cart and sloshed it on his back. Fang began to scream as his back burned. Veda laughed maliciously and poured on some more.

"What is WRONG with you, you psychotic BITCH," Max yelled, struggling against her ropes.

"Thank you! But watch your language," Veda said. She forced Max's mouth open and emptied the rest of the anti-septic into her mouth. Veda turned around, not bothering to watch Max's reaction and pointed agitatedly to Chris. "Can you shut that one up? Her screaming is annoying."

"Will do love," Jagger said, picking up an oval-shaped cage, big enough for one's head. He held Chris still and locked her head in it. He forced the iron curb-plate into her mouth that was studded with spikes. "Now human, if you relax your tongue, it won't hurt too much." Angry tears fell from Crystal's eyes and she looked away from him, wishing she could yell at him.

"Fuck you!" Ghost screamed as he resurfaced from the bucket. Jagger pulled out his switchblade and casually sliced his arm. Ghost hissed in pain and Zadie grinned horribly, knowing what was going to happen. Jagger grabbed a portion of the sliced skin and pulled it off slowly. Ghost screamed in anguish and Chris retched.

"You're sick," Hunter spat in disgust. Jagger laughed and yanked at Hunter's injured wing. Hunter bit his lip hard and Jagger pulled harder.

"Stop it!" Shadow shouted suddenly, losing control. Her eyes widened in shock and she immediately shut her mouth. Jagger laughed and punched her hard in her already bruised cheek. She made no sound and glared back at him, longing him death.

"That's cute. But you're boring. Hale, deal with her," Jagger said, moving onto Max. Hale jumped up and ran out of the room. Jagger exchanged a confused look with Veda. Then, Hale burst back into the room with a bucket, almost overflowing with water.

"Here's a bird bath!" Hale shrieked excitedly, his voice in hysterics. He poured the water on her and she screamed and cursed in agony, writhing in her ropes.

"What's wrong?" Hunter yelped, confused.

"I guess boiling water isn't good for birds?" Hale said, throwing the bucket to the side and shrugging. The other three Erasers laughed and Shadow quieted, biting her lip. Blisters were already forming on her bare skin.

"You're all a bunch of psychos. Trust me, when we get out of here, I'll be sure to rip you to SHREDS," Max snarled through gritted teeth. Jagger caressed her face and then licked from her temple to her neck. Fang tried protesting, but all that came out was a delirious moan.

"EW!" she shrieked. "I hate dog saliva! Get off!"

"Maybe you're more of a biting girl," he said and sunk his teeth into her shoulder. She screamed in her head but on the outside, she made no indication of pain. Jagger laughed, and her blood dripped from his fangs to the floor.

"C'mon Jagger," Veda said, glaring at Max. "Let's go already. They're so last week."

"Is that jealousy I smell?" Shadow snapped. Veda growled and punched Shadow across the jaw. A sickening crack was audible, but Shadow just laughed and spat a piece of tooth in Veda's face.

"I want to give Maxie a gift first," Jagger said, grabbing a piece of black leather from the cart. He shoved it on Max's head despite her protests and strapped it tightly. It covered her eyes, mouth, nose and ears.

"This is a sensory deprivation hood birdies," Jagger said, patting Max on the head. "She can't speak, hear or see you. So you'll have to stay entertained amongst yourselves."

"Screw you," Hunter spat. Jagger laughed and walked out of the room with the other Erasers. After a moment, Jagger's voice resonated through the room.

"Envious Hunter? Fine, I'll give ya'll a gift too," he said. Several slits opened in the wall and rats ran out of them. Chris shrieked in horror and the rats started climbing up their bodies. They struggled but to no avail as the rats began to feed on the exposed parts of their bodies.

Jagger, Veda, Zadie and Hale watched from another room. They held a toast and as they saw the rats feast on Fang's exposed back, laughed harder.

"To Itex!" Jagger yelled above the screams.

"To Itex!"

…-awkward silence-…um review? :)