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Kaz shrugged. “Kill us, and you’ll never find Kuwei.” Van Eck appeared to consider this. Then he stepped back. “Guards to me!” he shouted. “Kill everyone but Brekker!” Kaz knew the instant he made his mistake. They’d all known it might come to this. He should have trusted his crew. His eyes should have stayed trained on Van Eck. Instead, in that moment of threat, when he should have thought only of the fight, he looked at Inej. And Van Eck saw it. He blew on his whistle. “Leave the others! Get the money and the girl.”

It’s like everyone Vecna targets has something in their life. Something that’s – Hurting them. Haunting them. Yeah. I didn’t really know Patrick, so it was easy to just look the other way, I guess. But I did know you. And I’m sorry I wasn’t there. It’s not your fault. No. I disappeared. No, no, you didn’t.