<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ff99">It didn't take Cat long to bid him farewell and trot up the rest of the stairs to follow Gabriel to the car.  Once she was buckled into the driver's seat, she glanced sideways at him.  "You want to tell me what that was?  I've never seen Dave like that -- and you..." she trailed off.  "Let me guess, this is more voodoo shit that I'm not supposed to know about.  Do you mean to tell me my damned mentor is some sort of... magical Mister Miyagi type?"<br/>
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She scrubbed at her face, sighing.  "I am not sure how many more shocks I can take without needing a really big drink, hotshot.  You're a good shock, I'll grant you -- but fuck, today's got tits up so many times already."<br/>
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Cat leaned her head against the steering wheel and just focused on breathing for a few minutes.  "Okay.  Let's go see the fear munching vamps.  Woohoo.  At least I'm loaded for bear."</span></span>