'The Golden Lily Chapter 22\r'

'SHOTS RANG OUT across the range, taking raven close to(prenominal) more than(prenominal) armed Warriors. I agnize that Dimitri and Eddie werent al genius †because n completely was retentivity a gun. The shots were e preciseplaceture from the roofs of the compound buildings that surrounded the atomic number 18na. Chaos broke prohibited as the self-possessed spectators jumped to their feet to join in the fray. My intimation caught as I realized that m both of them had their avow weapons too. I was shocked to nonice that the f in allen Warrior on the ground next to me wasnt bleeding. A small film hung from his shoulder. The sharpshooters â€Å"bullets” must gestate been tranquilizers. Who were they?\r\nI looked choke finish up toward the grip and apothegm that a a few(prenominal) others with the look of shielders had entered the arna and were battle with close towhat of the Warriors, including Chris. This provided cover for Dimitri and Eddie to necessitous Sonya. A flash of strawberry blonde hair caught my warmness near them, and I recognized Angelines lithe calculate. Dimitri expeditiously cut Sonyas straps then sponsored lift her toward Eddie. A impatient Warrior came at them, and Angeline quickly knocked him turn up †as though he were a motivational speaker.\r\nBe position me, whiz of the grapple sh surfaceed, â€Å"Get the Alchemist upstart woman! Hold her hostage! Theyll carry on for her!”\r\nThe Alchemist girl. Right. That would be me.\r\nIn the roar of fighting, great(p)ly every peerless hear him †save maven. The bleach blonde girl had managed to escape being tranquilized. She leapt toward me. My adrenaline kicked in, and I was suddenly no long- psychometric test afraid. With reflexes I didnt cheat I had, I reached into my purse and pulled let on the so-called â€Å"potpourri.” I ripped it consecrate and flung it taboo around me, sh verbotening a Latin in o draw up fir etation that translated roughly to â€Å" chat no more.” Compared to the s bitching bend, this one was astonishingly easy. It required will on my part, certainly, except close of the magic was tied into the physical components and didnt direct the hours of c erst dapplentration that the other one had. The agency surged with me al approximately at a measure, filling me with a thrill I hadnt expected.\r\nThe girl screamed and dropped her gun, clawing at her eyes. Cries of dismay from the masters academic term by me manifested they too had been affected. Id cast a blindness man, one that would affect those near me for ab bug out xxx seconds. Some part of me knew that wielding magic was wrong, and the counterpoise of me entangle triumphant at interceptping almost of these trigger-happy fanatics, if moreover temporarily. I didnt waste any of that precious quantify. I jumped up from where I was sitting and ran across the arena, a trend from the fighting near t he entrance.\r\nâ€Å"Sydney!”\r\nI dont k direct how I managed to hear my name above all that noise. Glancing fundament me, I saw Eddie and Angeline carrying Sonya out through with(predicate) the door. They paused, and a spiteed look cut through Eddies face as he glanced around, assessing the posture. I could dissemble his thoughts. He trust me to come with them. Most of the gathered Warriors had raced to the center of the arena, set abouting to stop Sonyas rescue. They outmatched me by a long shot, creating a wall amongst my friends and me. even so if I didnt let to actually fight anyone, it chew the fatmed unsuffer open Id slip by un nonice †especially since several people were di passiveery shouting about\r\nâ€Å"that Alchemist girl.”\r\n oscillation my head adamantly, I motioned for Eddie to go on without me. incredulity warred on his face, and I hoped he wouldnt attempt to arise through the throng to sting to me. I pointed at the door, once again urging him to go. Sonya was the incapacitated one. I would relegate my own way out. Not waiting to see what hed do, I turned and continued the way Id been outlet.\r\n there was a lot of open space for me to cover, entirely fewer Warriors to stop me.\r\nSeveral buildings ringed the arena, some with doors and windows. I locomote toward them, though I had cypher to break the glass. Two of the doors had padlocks. That left twain without.\r\nThe world-class one I assay turned out to reserve some unseen lock and wouldnt open. Frantic, I ran to the second and heard a shout roll in the hay me. The bleach blonde girl had regained her sight and was coming after me. Desperately, I turned the doorknob. nil happened. make into my purse, I pulled out what the Warriors had mis taken for leave sanitizer. I dumped it out, spilling acid over the metal knob. It melted onward my eyes. I hoped that would kill the lock. I threw my shoulder into the door, and it gave. thusly I dared a peek behind me. My chaser was lying on the ground, some other victim of the tranquilizers.\r\nI breathed a sigh of relief and pushed through the door. Id expected to enter another garage homogeneous the one Id first been taken to, unless preferably I found myself in some soma of residential building. The empty hallship houseal turned this way and that, and I felt disoriented. Everyone was at the free-for-all in the arena. I passed makeshift bedrooms, filled with cots and partially unpacked suitcases and bindingpacks. When I noticed what looked manage an office, I hesitated in the doorway. Papers cover large foldout tables inside, and I wondered if any contained effective information about the Warriors.\r\nI wanted so crowingly to go in and investigate. These Warriors were a arcanum to the Alchemists.\r\nWho knew what intel these papers contained? What if there was information that could protect the Moroi? I hesitated for the space of a few heartbeats then reluctant ly kept going.\r\nThe guardians were using tranquilizers, tho the Warriors had real guns †guns they wouldnt be afraid to use on me. Better to purpose out of here with the information I already had than not overtake out alive.\r\nI reached the off the beaten comprehend(predicate) side of the building at hold and peered out a bedroom window. It was so dark orthogonal promptly that I could substantially see anything. I didnt scram the benefit of torches anymore.\r\nThe only thing I could dictate for sure was that I was no longer adjacent to the arena. That was honorable ample for me, though it wouldve been reveal if there was a door leading outside.\r\nId leave to make my own. entrancebing a chair, I swung it into the window and was solely astonished when the glass broke easily. A few shards hit me, exclusively nothing large enough to cause injury. Standing on the chair, I managed to stand up out the window without injuring my detainment.\r\nI was met by a warm , dark iniquity. No electric laxs were visible ahead, except open black territory. I took this to mean I was on the icy side of the compound where trey had brought me. at that place were no pathways, no sound from the main road we had traveled. at that place was also no sign of behavior anywhere, which I took as a good sign. hopefully all the Warrior guards who normally paroled the grounds were off fighting guardians. If Sonya was out now, my hope was that the guardians would begin retreating †and grab me on the way. Even if they didnt, I wasnt above walking prat to I-10 and hitchhiking.\r\nThe compound was sprawling and confusing, and as I walked around it and exempt saw no sign of the highway, I began to grow uneasy. How turned around had I gotten? I only had a limited fare of time to get off Warrior property. They could be hunting me salutary now. There was also the disconcerting problem that once I make it to the periphery, Id confound to deal with the ele ctric turn over. Still, it might be best to forget look for the freeway and simply make for the edge of the Warriors camping area so that I could â€\r\nA hand grabbed my shoulder, and I screamed.\r\nâ€Å"Easy there, Sage. Im no gun-toting crazy guy. Crazy, yes. skilful not the rest.” I stared in disbelief, not that I could unfeignedly make out lots of the tall, dark figure standing over me. â€Å"Adrian?” The line of longitude was proficient, as was the build. As I stared, I became more and more certain. His hands steadied my shaking. I was so glad to see a friendly face †to see him †that I nearly sank into his arms in relief. â€Å"It is you. Howd you muster me?”\r\nâ€Å"Youre the only human out here with a white-livered and purple aura,” he verbalize. â€Å"Makes you easy to spot.”\r\nâ€Å"No, I mean, howd you find me here? At the compound?”\r\nâ€Å"I followed the others. They told me not to, but… well.â € In the faint moonlight I could barely see his shrug. â€Å"I dont follow directions well. When Castile came out with Sonya and started babbling about how youd gone out some random door, I thought Id take a quick walk around.\r\nI dont think I was supposititious to do that either, but the guardians were affable of busy.”\r\nâ€Å"You are crazy,” I snapped, despite how happy I was to live with I hadnt been abandoned in this miserable place. â€Å"The Warriors are so mad that theyd probably kill a Moroi on sight if they saw you.”\r\nHe tugged my hand forward. Even through his banter, thered been a hard tonicity to his words. He was fully aware of the danger we faced. â€Å" and then wed better get out of here.” Adrian led me back in the direction Id come, then went around the opposite side of the building. I didnt see the freeway lights yet, but he soon turned and began running toward the propertys utmost edge, away from the building. I ran along side him, lock in property his hand.\r\nâ€Å"Where are we going?” I asked.\r\nâ€Å"The guardians assembled near the back side of the compound, so they wouldnt be spotted.\r\nThat part of the close in has been deactivated †if you can prove it.”\r\nâ€Å"Of charge I can climb it. Im practically a prodigy in PE,” I pointed out. â€Å"The question is, can you, Mr. Smoker?”\r\nThe fence began to come into focus as we approached, mostly because its build gluted some of the stars. â€Å"Thats the section. Behind the scraggly bush,” Adrian give tongue to. I couldnt see any bush but trust in his eyes. â€Å"Go a elf desire ways past that, and theres this country highway that the guardians used as a staging point. Im parked there.” We came to a close up in movement of the fence, both of us a little breathless. I peered upward.\r\nâ€Å"Youre sure its still off?”\r\nâ€Å"It was when we came in,” said Adrian, but I could hear a little uncertainty in his voice.\r\nâ€Å"You think those guys would have gotten their act together enough to fix it already?”\r\nâ€Å"No,” I admitted. â€Å"But Id still like to acknowledge for sure. I mean, most commercial electric fences wont significantly bear person, but we should know.” He glanced around. â€Å"Can we pull a fast one on a stick at it?”\r\nâ€Å"Wood doesnt conduct.” I rifled through my purse and found what I wanted: a metal pen with a foam grip. â€Å"Hopefully, the foam on this will block the worst of it if the fence actually is hot.” Trying not to grimace, I reached out and touched the pens barrel to the fence, half-expecting some intense charge to send me flying backward. Nothing happened. I slowly ran the pen along the fence, since most electric ones had an intermittent pulse. Sustained contact would be unavoidable. â€Å"Looks clean,” I said, exhaling in relief and turning to Adrian. â€Å" I guess were good to †ahh!”\r\nA bright light shone in my eyes, blinding me and killing whatever night vision Id gained out here. I heard Adrian cry out in surprise as well.\r\nâ€Å"Its the girl!” a male voice exclaimed. â€Å"And… and one of them!” The flannel mullein was moved out of my face, and although spots still danced in my vision, I could make out two rise figures rapidly approaching. Were they armed? My heading raced.\r\nWhether they were or not, they were still an obvious threat since Warriors apparently liked to answer bashing each other in their free time, and Adrian and I didnt.\r\nâ€Å"Dont move,” said one of them. A blade shone in the gleam of the lowered flashlight. Not as bad as a gun, but not bully either. â€Å"Youre both coming with us, back inside.”\r\nâ€Å"Slowly,” added the other. â€Å"Dont try any tricks.”\r\nUnfortunately for them, I still had a few up my sleeve. Quickly I put the pen back in my purse and grabbed another item from Ms. Terwilligers home rick: a thin, round wooden bracelet. ahead either Warrior could do anything, I snapped the wooden fate into four pieces and tossed them on the ground, calling out another Latin incantation. Again, I felt the rush of power and its exultation. The men cried out †Id cast a disorientation spell, one that messed with equilibrium and made vision befuddled and surreal. It worked a lot like the blindness spell, modify those around me.\r\nI lunged forward and pushed one of our assailants rarify. He fell easily, too incapacitated by the spell to resist. The other guy was so distraught that hed dropped the flashlight and was practically on the ground already as his attempts at balance failed. Nonetheless, I gave him a good kick to the chest to make sure he stayed down and grabbed his flashlight in the process. I didnt inevitably need it with Adrians night vision, but these two would now be helpless in the dark when t he spell wore off.\r\nâ€Å"Sage! What the hell did you do to me?”\r\nTurning, I saw Adrian clinging to the fence, using it to hold himself up. In my eagerness to stop the Warriors, Id forgotten the spell affected everyone near me.\r\nâ€Å"Oh,” I said. â€Å"Sorry.”\r\nâ€Å"Sorry? My legs dont work!”\r\nâ€Å"Its your inner ear, actually. Come on. ginger snap the fence and climb. One hand in front of the other.”\r\nI caught hold as well and urged him up. It wasnt the most difficult fence to climb †it wasnt electrified or bristled †and having it for support negated some of Adrians disorientation. Nonetheless, it was still slow going as we made it toward the top. This spell lasted a little longer than the blindness one, but I was sorely aware that as soon as Adrian was free from it, the Warriors would be too.\r\nAgainst all odds, we made it to the top of the fence. acquire over to the other side was much more difficult, and I had to d o a fair amount of acrobatics to help Adrian make the transition while keeping myself steady. Finally, I wrangled him into the correct position to climb down.\r\nâ€Å"Good,” I said. â€Å"Now unsloped reverse what you did before, one hand down in front of the †” Something slipped, either his hand or foot, and Adrian plummeted to the ground. It wasnt that long of a drop, and his height helped a little †not that he was in any shape to actually use his legs and land on his feet. I winced.\r\nâ€Å"Or you can yet take the short way down,” I said.\r\nI quickly scaled down after him and helped him stand. divagation from the spells debilitation, he didnt seem to have suffered any damage. slipping an arm around him and letting him lean his slant on me, I attempted to run toward the road hed mentioned, which was now slightly visible. â€Å"Running” was difficult, however. It was hard work keeping Adrian up and I kept stumbling.\r\nStill, we made ou r way slowly from the compound, which was about as much as we could hope for. Adrians state made him left-handed and heavy, and his height was a real inconvenience.\r\nThen, without warning, the spell wore off, and Adrian instantly recovered. His legs strengthened and his unwieldy gait dandyened out. Suddenly, it was as though he were carrying me, and we practically tripped over each other trying to ad except.\r\nâ€Å"You okay?” I asked, letting go.\r\nâ€Å"I am now. What the hell was that?”\r\n â€Å"Its not important. What is important is that those guys have recovered too. Maybe I knocked them down hard enough to slow them down.” That seemed kind of unbelievable. â€Å"But run anyway.”\r\nWe ran, and even if he undoubtedly had the respiratory arrangement of a chain smoker, his long legs made up for it. He could easily outdistance me but slowed so that we stayed together.\r\nWhenever he started to get ahead, hed grab my hand again. Shouts sounded behind us, and I turned off the flashlight to make us harder to spot.\r\nâ€Å"There,” said Adrian. â€Å"See the cars?”\r\nSlowly, out of the darkness, two SUVs materialized, along with a much more tangible yellow Mustang.\r\nâ€Å"Very covert,” I muttered.\r\nâ€Å"Most of the guardians have gotten away,” said Adrian. â€Å"But not everyone.” Before I could respond, someone grabbed me from behind. In a maneuver that would have made Wolfe proud, I managed the backward kick that hed tried so hard to teach us. It caught my attacker by surprise, and he released me, only for his companion to shove me to the ground.\r\n deuce-ace figures ran toward us from the cars and hurled themselves at our attackers. Thanks to his signature duster, I knew Dimitri led the group.\r\nâ€Å"Get out of here,” he called to Adrian and me. â€Å"You know where to meet. Well cover you.\r\nDrive fast †theyll probably be on the road soon.”\r\nAdrian helped me up, and once again we ran together. Id hurt my ankle in the fall, so I moved slowly, but Adrian helped me along and let me lean on him. All the while, my heart was threatening to pound out of my chest, even when we reached the safety devicety of the Mustang.\r\nHe guided me to the rider side. â€Å"Can you get in okay?”\r\nâ€Å"Im fine,” I said, sliding in and unwilling to admit the pain was growing. I prayed I hadnt slowed us too much. I couldnt stand the thought of being the one answerable for Adrians capture.\r\nSatisfied, Adrian raced over to the drivers side and started the car. The engine roared to life, and he followed Dimitris orders to the letter, desquamation out at a speed I was envious of. Out on this country highway, however, it seemed unlikely there were any cops. I glanced behind us a few times, but by the time we made it to I-10, it was obvious no one had followed us. I sighed gratefully and leaned my head against the seat, though I was still a long way from being calm. I couldnt assume we were safe yet.\r\nâ€Å"Okay,” I said. â€Å"How on earth did you guys find me?”\r\nAdrian didnt answer right away. When he did, I could tell it was with great reluctance.\r\nâ€Å"Eddie put a bring in device in your purse, back at my place.”\r\nâ€Å"What? He couldnt have! They searched me.”\r\nâ€Å"Well, Im sure it didnt look like one. I dont know what he ended up getting. He got it from your people, actually. As soon as deuce-ace sustain the meeting tonight, Belikov was on the phone with every guardian in a two-hour radius, trying to recruit backup. He called the Alchemists too and convinced them to share some tech.”\r\nThere were so many crazy things about what hed just said, I didnt know where to begin parsing it. All sorts of rotate and dealing had gone on without me realizing it. And even when it had been settled, no one had told me about it. Plus, the Alchemists had been involved?\r\nHelpi ng the guardians to track me?\r\nâ€Å"The earrings,” I said. â€Å"Thats where they came from. The tracker must be in one of them. I never would have guessed.”\r\nâ€Å"Im not surprised, astute the way you guys work.”\r\nThe rest of tonights reality began to sink in. The last of my fear subsided †only to be replaced by anger. â€Å"You lie to me! All of you! You should have told me what you were doing â€\r\nthat you were tracking me and designingning a raid! How could you keep that from me?” He sighed. â€Å"I didnt want to, believe me. I told them over and over they undeniable to get you in the loop. But everyone was afraid youd renounce to take the device if you knew about it. Or that youd someways slip up and give away the plan to those nuts. I didnt believe that, though.”\r\nâ€Å"And yet, you didnt bother telling me yourself,” I snapped, still outraged.\r\nâ€Å"I couldnt! They made me promise not to.”\r\nSomehow, hi s betrayal hurt worse than all the others. I had come to trust him implicitly.\r\nHow could he do this to me? â€Å"No one believed Id be able to talk the Warriors down, so everyone just made contingency plans without me.” Never mind that I hadnt been able to talk them down. â€Å"Someone should have told me. You should have told me.” There was legitimate pain and sadness in his voice. â€Å"Im telling you, I wanted to. But I was trapped. You of all people should know what its like being caught between groups, Sage. Besides, dont you remember what I said just before you got in the car with Trey?” I did, actually. Almost word for word. No issuing what happens, I want you to know that I never doubted what youre going to do. Its smart, and its brave.\r\nI slouched further into my seat and felt like I was on the verge of tears. Adrian was right. I did know what it was like to have your loyalty stretched between different groups. I understood the position hed been in. It was just, some selfish part of me wished that Id been the one his loyalty had been strongest to. He tried, an inner voice said. He tried to tell you.\r\nThe meeting spot that Dimitri had told Adrian to go to turned out to be Clarences house.\r\nThe place was crawling with guardians, some of whom were patch up each others injuries.\r\nNo one had been killed on either side, something the guardians had been very cautious about. The Warriors of Light already thought vampires were twisted and corrupt. They didnt need more fire added to the fire.\r\nNot that tonights raid was probably going to help matters. I had no clue how the Warriors would react or if there might be some fatal retaliation in store. I supposed the guardians and Alchemists had taken that into consideration. I wondered bitterly if any of them would share their opinions on it with me.\r\nâ€Å"I know better than to offer to restore you,” Adrian told me, as we squeezed past a group of guardians. â€Å"Grab a seat in the accompaniment room, and Ill get you some ice.” I started to say I could get my own, but my ankle was growing increasingly painful. With a nod, I left him and made my way to the living room. A couple of unknown guardians were there, along with a beaming Clarence. To my surprise, Eddie and Angeline were also in there, sitting side by side †and holding hands?\r\nâ€Å"Sydney!” he exclaimed. He presently released Angelines hand and hurried over to me, astonishing me with a hug. â€Å"Thank God youre okay. I hated having to leave you there.\r\nThat wasnt part of the plan. I was supposed to have gotten you out with Sonya.”\r\nâ€Å"Yeah, well, maybe next time, someone can fill me in on the plan,” I said pointedly.\r\nEddie grimaced. â€Å"Im down in the mouth about that. I really am. We just…”\r\nâ€Å"I know, I know. Didnt think Id go along with it, were afraid something would go wrong, etc., etc.”\r\nâ€Å"Im sorry.à ¢â‚¬Â\r\nI didnt entirely forgive him, but I was too tired to push the matter much further. â€Å" near tell me this,” I said, lowering my voice. â€Å"Were you just holding hands with Angeline?” He blushed, which seemed ludicrous after the emphasis Id seen him pull off back at the compound. â€Å"Er, yeah. We were just… talking. I mean, that is… I think we might go out sometime.\r\nNot at school, of course, since everyone thinks were related. And probably not anything serious. I mean, shes still a little out there, but shes not as bad as I used to think. And she was really great in that battle. I receive like maybe I should get my head out of the fantasy with Jill and try some normal dating. If youll let me borrow your car.” I had to pick my jaw up off the floor. â€Å"Sure,” I said. â€Å"Far be it for me to stop a develop romance.” Should I tell him Jill might not be such a fantasy after all? I didnt want to meddle. Eddie deserve d to be happy, but I couldnt help but feel a little bad that Id told Jill he might be interested.\r\nI hope I hadnt made things more complicated.\r\nAdrian returned with a bag of ice. I sit down down in an armchair, and he helped position the ice on my ankle after I propped it up on a footstool. I relaxed as the ice began desensitize the pain and hoped I hadnt broken anything.\r\nâ€Å"Isnt this exciting?” Clarence asked me. â€Å"Finally, you were able to see the vampire hunters for yourselves!”\r\nI wasnt sure Id render the night with that much enthusiasm, but I did have to concede a point to him. â€Å"You were right,” I said. â€Å"Im sorry for not believing you sooner.” He gave me a kind smile. â€Å"Its all right, my dear. I probably wouldnt have believed a crazy old man either.”\r\nI smiled in return and then thought of something from earlier. â€Å"Mr. Donahue… you said when you encountered the hunters before that a human named Ma rcus Finch intervened on your behalf.”\r\nClarence nodded eagerly. â€Å"Yes, yes. Nice young man, that Marcus. Certainly hope I run into him again someday.”\r\nâ€Å"Was he an Alchemist?” I asked. Seeing Clarences puzzled look, I tapped my cheek. â€Å"Did he have a tattoo like mine?”\r\nâ€Å"Like yours? No, no. It was different. Hard to explain.” I leaned forward. â€Å"But he did have a tattoo on his cheek?”\r\nâ€Å"Yes. Didnt you see in the control?”\r\nâ€Å"What picture?”\r\nClarences gaze turned inward. â€Å"I couldve swear I showed you some of my old pictures, back when lee side and Tamara were young… ah, such good days those were.” I worked hard to stay patient. Clarences moments of coherence were sometimes hard to get a hold of. â€Å"And Marcus? You have a picture of him too?”\r\nâ€Å"Of course. A lovely one of the two of us. Ill find it one day and show you.” I wanted to ask him if h ed show it to me now, but with his place so crowded, it didnt seem like the right time.\r\nDimitri arrived shortly thereafter, along with the last of the guardians whod been at the compound. Dimitri immediately asked about Sonya, who Id learned was resting in her bedroom.\r\nAdrian had offered to heal her, but Sonya had had enough clarity of mind to refuse him, formula she simply wanted blood and rest and a chance for the drugs to wear off naturally.\r\nOnce Dimitri got this report card and could rest easy about Sonya, he came straight to me, spirit down from his lofty height at where I sat with my ice. â€Å"Im sorry,” he said. â€Å"I know you must have heard by now what happened.”\r\nâ€Å"That I was sent into a dangerous situation with only half the information I needed?” I asked. â€Å"Yeah, I heard all about that.”\r\nâ€Å"Im not a fan of lies and half truths,” he said. â€Å"I wished thered been another way. We had so little time, and t his just seemed like the best option. No one doubted your dexterity to reason and make a compelling case. It was the Warriors dexterity to listen and see reason that we didnt believe in.”\r\nâ€Å"I can see why you guys didnt trust me with the plan.” adjoining me, I saw Adrian flinch at the way I said â€Å"you guys.” I hadnt intentionally meant anything by it but realized now that it sounded very implike and Alchemist †so Us versus Them. â€Å"But I still cant believe the Alchemists went along with that †that they condoned keeping me out of the loop.” There were no free chairs left, so Dimitri simply sat down cross-legged. â€Å"Theres not much I can tell you about that. Like I said, it was all short notice, and when I spoke with Donna Stanton, she felt it would be safer all around if you didnt know what was coming. If it makes you feel better, she was very adamant about us keeping you safe once we were there.”\r\nâ€Å"Maybe,” I said. â€Å"Itd be better still if shed thought about how I might feel when I found out I wasnt trusted with vital information.”\r\nâ€Å"She did think about it,” said Dimitri, looking slightly uncomfortable. â€Å"She said you wouldnt mind because you understand the impressiveness of not questioning your superiors decisions and that you know what they do is for the best. She said youre an exemplary Alchemist.” Dont question. They know whats best. We cant take any chances.\r\nâ€Å"Of course she did,” I said. I never question anything.\r\n'