<span style="font-weight: bold">"I keep thinking it can't get any worse... And then that happens."</span><br/><br/>"I know the feeling, trust me," Scarlet replied, "The last time I thought things couldn't get worse, the local bank turned into a homicidal robot... And things just went downhill from there."<br/><br/>She watched the Xienghen make a beeline for Cale and his pet squidmobile and raised an eyebrow, "It looks hungry... Apparently it has a taste for calamari."<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Well, the kid seems to have it handled anyway.</span><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"This is going to be a thing, isn't it?"</span>She heard Leske mutter.<br/><br/>Scarlet turned a crimson eye to Vespi, "How many checkpoints did the Dayman say he was gonna make? 'Cause it looks like there will be some form of nasty to beat up at each one, if this is indeed a thing."