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‘I think that means we won,’ I said into the silence.
The silence stretched, and nobody answered me.
I raised my voice. ‘If anyone would like to dispute that, feel free.’
Nothing.
I felt more uneasy than triumphant. This wasn’t quite the glorious victory I’d been hoping for, and without an explanation as to where or why they had gone, we were left guessing.
Well. They’d already demonstrated a flair for creative torment. I shouldn’t have been surprised.
I shrugged, and took a decisive breath. ‘Votes? What do we do?’
‘Proceed,’ Zareen said immediately. ‘We’ve wasted enough time.’
‘Wasted? Zar, come on. We had a great time.’
She gave me a speaking look. Since she retained most of her death’s head characteristics, the effect was sufficiently appalling.
‘Moving on,’ I said hastily
