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"As much as you can know any ******** who lies like it's an Olympic sport and he's training for the podium," she answered, still in the form of an explosion, but at least a smaller one. There was a very small twinge, again, at this, but no amount of lack of identity - a pitiable state to someone like Elaine, with such a strong sense of self - could excuse making it someone else's problem.
Doubly so a woman's.
Triply so one of her own friends.
"I'll kill him," she said grimly, and then, realizing that Ekstrom might take this seriously, adding more mildly: "Metaphorically. I'm not gonna see you in a professional capacity any time soon." She shook her head.
"No wonder you're overdrawn if you've had to deal with that a*****e on one of his 'on' days. But seriously - you'll let me know if things get worse. I'll go threaten your Code piece into behaving too, if I have to."
