บท 227: 43.3 Branching Paths?

SHADE

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Shade was not having a good day. To think that the family they were supposed to escort were actually fugitives running from the Vestygian Government, ones that he had been responsible for them being designated as such in the first place, was both alarming and embarrassing.

"You know of them, Shade!?" Maruki unwisely asked, breaking what he thought was his intelligent silence.

"Yes, I do," Shade sighed. "Now would you please keep quiet while I talk to them? I'd at least like to have some modicum of discretion for this."

"Of course!" Maruki affirmed with a loud shout. "I shall keep my interactions to a minimum!"