for the rest of us death will be a relief

[praevaricatio]

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[tearhiseyesout]

[Jaqueline waits until Sierra has moved on, before turning her annoyance back on her brother.]

Hallewell's gone.

[Which maybe was part of Max's plan all along, but she wanted to make her displeasure known.]

[maxxx]

( At least she's not on his case about Rusty. )

How long ago?

[tearhiseyesout]

Not sure. But sometime between the ceremony and now.

[Which is a wider swath of time than she'd like.]

It's possible he could have just been waiting for the bodies to start dropping and slipped out in the blood bath.

[She's not going to get on his case about Rusty, but she will ask:]

You good?

[maxxx]

I'm good.

( They're covered - for now - by several comatose people connected to him, and yes, he and his sister, connected to him as long as he's wearing that bracelet. )

Rusty's out. Any sign of my husband?

[tearhiseyesout]

Nope. Think Ezra would know where he might go to ground?

[It seems to be the most efficient, though they likely are not the same, as they probably broke up a long time ago given how long David and Ezra have been married.]

[maxxx]

It's his ex-whatever. If anybody does, it's him. And now we're under another gun. We have a week from last night. Six days.

( He figures something. )

And he can't have gotten far, or both of our hands would be open wounds right now. Means he's still in the radius.

[tearhiseyesout]

Does he know there's a radius?

[Because that's what she's worried about. If he keeps running it may quickly become a problem.]

Also how big is this radius?

[maxxx]

You know shockingly little about an initiation you helped take down. ( But, Rusty didn't spend as much time with Max's sister. ) One hundred miles. Nice even number.

[tearhiseyesout]

Not wanting to learn about the ceremony that would kill me? Who would have thought.

[But not important. This is what she has you for.]

Okay, so he can't get too far without us knowing about it. Hopefully he decides to stay put until we track him down.

[maxxx]

If Ezra comes up empty, we could always use me. Him and I are bonded. It goes deep. You could do a locator spell. On me.

( Someone should use him for something today. )

[tearhiseyesout]

[She nods, before hooking her arm into Max's and turning him towards the Gainors.]

They're in the kitchen. Let's ask.

[And we will transition them into David and Ezra's thread when they're ready?]