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“I changed it from a competitive game to a cooperative one.” Jeremy was in the middle of excited explanations of his new mission cards—that actually followed a clear logic if not a quite realistic methodology. “We get to solve missions together instead of…” He stopped and glanced sideways at Taz.
There was enough of a hesitation in his look that Miranda pulled out her emoticon reference page…but nothing matched his look.
“Cautious,” Andi whispered.
“Oh, thank you.” She put her notebook away.
“He got tired of the women kicking the men’s asses, especially his,” Taz gave Jeremy a friendly hip check that almost flattened him to the floor despite his being nine inches taller.
“I didn’t like the feeling of—”
“—always being the first to lose,” Taz finished for him.
“—of us working agai
