Belle turned her full attention on me. The same look she'd given the campus map when calculating the fastest route to expensive buildings.
"So Aurora's in on it."
"She knows. Yeah."
"And she's still interested."
"Seems like it."
"Which means either she's insane or you're way more valuable than you look."
"Could be both."
"Definitely both."
She ate my bacon slowly. Deliberately. Making eye contact the whole time like she was establishing dominance through breakfast meat theft.
"Here's what I'm thinking. Aurora's ranked twenty-three. Silver tier. If you. Do your thing with her. You get what. Four days?"
"About that."
"And you steal her ability."
"If we hit the threshold. Yeah."
"Sensory Hijack. That's actually a really good ability."
"I know."
"Combat applications alone. Plus the psychological warfare angle. You could. Mess people up with that."
