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Taeko turned just as he spoke, reading his lips, she blinked for a moment then decided to try and act it out--playing all parts. She first stood where she had been when she first saw the burglar get thrown into a tree. Then acted the part pretending to be thrown into the tree. She then acted as herself seeing if the guy was alright and then at the same time used her hand in the shape of a gun then acted herself being pushed out of the way. She paused for a moment then she went over to the bench where there was blood. She did a universal hero pose --at least what she thought it was by proudly putting her hands on her hips for a moment and then pretending to pick up a woman. Pretending to be the costumed man she had met earlier she then turned as if talking to her invisible self, mouthing the words, Call the cops... she then looked at John and pointed to her throat making an obvious statement more obvious. she then exhaled as she was winded from trying to act the story out.

It took a little over 20 minutes for her to explain this way, and it wasn't so easy even though she had been doing similar miming since she could remember. By the time she was done, the burglar seemed to have left his spot under the tree and jumped out of the bushes grabbing Taeko and putting a knife up to her.

Taeko didn't look very comfortable, as the guy yelled at the new masked man, "No funny business!"

Erika struggled to sty on her feet. You lit up a sleeping gas bomb...whoops! The voice in her head was not making things helpful. However, Erika had a few tricks. Her electric magic allowed her to form a powerful shield around her head. This kept the sleep gas from knocking her out cold. Erika jumped the counter, to find that the cash register had been cracked open before everyone went night-night. The cash in the register was only $10...Erika passed it up. $10 was too little to work for. Erika walked to the shattered door to find some unknown person walking up. Erika automatically pulled out her shuriken. She didn't trust anyone.

John caught Taeko as she fainted, but he found it hard to stay upright."Let's see if I can get you some were safe," he muttered to himself. He lowered Taeko gently to the ground and placed both hands on the ground beside her. A perfect circle of rock rose from the ground, lifting John and Taeko. The rock began to move, heading towards the apartment he lived in.

Taeko sat up, after waking up. She looked around somewhat confused.. she wasn't in her apartment...... She wandered into the kitchen to find a 'boy' making dinner. She then saw the mask and looked slightly shocked. he's just a boy... she thought.. and what she was thinking could be easily read by the look on her face.

Taeko nodded. She then made a motion that looked like she was writing on a pad of paper and then looked up at him. Still looked slightly surprised..

John left the kitchen and returned after a couple of minutes with a pad of paper and a pen." Here you go," he said, handing them to Taeko.

Taeko wrote slowly in English, You masked man? You very young! She then showed him what she had written and watched him to see what he would say.