Ethel: "Heh, no wonder she ran away so fast, and made up that excuse about Columbia backstabbing its allies. Wasn't it just because she was afraid I'd figure out something was wrong if we stayed together too long?"
Muse: "Sister, what's wrong? Are we still going to the Wastewater Treatment Plant?"
Ethel: "We are, but this time we're going just to watch the show."
Muse: "Huh?"
Lyle: "Stop being mad. Who could have known that bunch would turncoat so easily?"
Shifting back to a day ago: Hela had just returned to find the room pitch dark. Groping around to turn on the light, a burlap sack was suddenly pulled over her head.
When the sack was removed, she found herself tied to a chair.
Hela: "What is the meaning of this?"
Ethel: "You tell me! I was naive enough to think you were a trustworthy friend, and what do I get?"
Hela: "What on earth are you talking about?"
Ethel: "Those Task Force members had just finished fighting Fred on the third floor, and the moment I was about to go up, you called me away. I thought Fred was really dead, but what now? Not only is Fred safe and sound, but those Yuwang guys are still kicking around too. Hela, you'd better give me an explanation right now."
Hela: "I... I don't want to spend my whole life stuck in Kamona. I only came here to make enough money to settle down peacefully somewhere else for the rest of my life. I'm not a Columbian; I just smuggled myself in from a small country. I could never become a Columbian citizen. I even had to sleep m…
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