The morning ca, and all the pizza was eaten. Mainly by . It seed like my stomach has no end, probably because of the upgrades.
Tihana was sitting on the chair, curled up, and I was resting on my throne.
- Hey... Do you have a place where I could get so sleep? Like that room, you took to.
- That room was behind the portal, and I'm not taking you there again. We have a deal, don't you rember?
- Ok. I'll just sleep on the street. Who cares? Definitely not you.
- Awww, are we trying to make poor Peter all emotional and stuff? - I mocked her.
- Hmpf - she turned her head away from , to look at the space sowhere to the side of us.
She tried to make pity her, but because of the shit I already saw, that was not gonna work.
- Hey, do you trust ?
- No?
- Ok, never mind then. Keep sitting on the chair all angry at for no reason, and I'll keep ignoring you. That's totally fine by .
- Fine! I'll trust you, as long as it's not sothing stupid.
- I can save you, and I really an save, but we have to do it right, which will involve at least one CIA agent.
- What? - she clearly couldn't understand. - I'm not letting you turn in. They will send to so facility, or a stupid foster family. No way.
- Shut up, will you? I didn't finish. I'll make sure you will end up behind the fucking portal, where you will be able to live your life the proper way. A fucking happy ending.
- And how will you make that happen, tell ? Because I don't think you can.
- I tell you a secret. So CIA agents tried to fuck with already, and it's four to zero for . I will pull this off. You are just a kid. Nobody gives a shit about you, so they will sell you to , legally, if I give them what they want.
- I'm not getting sold to anybody.
- That was just a figure of speech. Kids those days - I snorted and shook my head.
- Your plan is stupid!
- Oh? Is it? Then co up with a better one. Go ahead, I'm listening.
- Why do you even care?
- Yeah, you are right, I don't - I stud up and made all the void furniture disappear.
The pizza boxes fell on the ground, just like Tihana. Although her fall was much more painful.
- Ouch! You asshole!
- I don't care, did you forget? - I said, and turned away from her, then started walking
She didn't say a thing until I was almost at the fence.
- Ok, stop! Co back.
I spun on my heel, and shadow walked all the distance, to end up where I was before.
- If I'll end up in a facility, or a foster family, I'm running away - she warned , with her index finger out, like a weapon.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever - I replied, and pulled out the phone Wolf gave .
I quickly found his number and called him.
- Agent Wolf, how can I help you, Peter?
- Yo dog - I started as soon as I heard his voice.
- What?
- Shush! I'm trying to impress fifteen years old, work with here. Also, it was a joke since your na is Wolf...
Tihana burst into lough, which quickly ended since she covered her mouth with her hand.
- Are you drunk?
- No. Bad cody aside I need to pull off sothing that might sound like a completely immoral and bad idea, but my intentions are genuine.
- What? I'm not sure I'm following you. Could you please explain?
- I need to adopt a fifteen-year-old holess girl, for clearly platonic reasons, and smuggle her to Ark. Can you help with that?
There was no answer. He needed so ti to process that.
- Oh, I forgot to add, that asking for a portal to Arica as a repaynt, is out of the question.
- Peter... I'm not sure I follow. You want to adopt an Arican kid?
- Yep.
- That's... Ok... I'll ask what can be done, but we will need sothing in exchange.
- How about crystals? I'll drop your soldiers a nice load, that will push them ahead of the competition.
- I'll see what can be done. Give an hour - he said and hanged up.
- So? What did he say? - asked Tihana, seeing as I put the phone away.
- He is working on it. It will take him around an hour, so we have so ti to kill.
- Ok, so what are we going to do?
- I would eat sothing...
- You just ate five large pizzas, and you are still hungry?
- It's been ages ago! Let's grab so food.
She sighed.
- Fine, but I'm picking the place.
I rose my hands in a gesture of surrender, and then she led downstairs. She searched for sothing in her phone, and then we grabbed a cab to take us to the right place. The driver was suspicious of us and kept looking in the rearview mirror, but in the end, didn't do anything. Especially when I paid him more than our relatively short travel cost.
We ended up in a xican place, and there was a bit of commotion when they asked Tihana, but she refused. I had to step in and scare them a bit with my black eyes, which led to us having a table in the corner, and eating so tacos.
She was the one paying. Which, surprisingly, she offered to do by herself. Probably as a ans of repaying for taking care of her. She reminded of Ki'rai a bit, and also of myself. I could have ended like her if the whole isekai stuff didn't happen to .
I just couldn't ignore her because of that.
We finished the food without haste and then left.. Just as we were about to look for a cab, Wolf finally called back.
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