<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/Rt2ECxS.gif)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Kevin Finch<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>June 15th, 2021, 11:00AM<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>City Streets<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Mallory, Kyless<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong>What Bright Sunshiny Hell is This?<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>Camos - like always . Including knife and pistol<br/><br/><hr/><br/>"Kyless?" Kevin must have heard something wrong. "Kyless?" No, he didn't hear anything wrong.<em>"Kyless?"</em>And yes, there she was.<br/><br/>"What were they thinking?!" Kevin wasn't mad at Mallory, though a little surprised that she had kept it from him. She obviously did feel bad about it, and in the end, it wasn't her fault. He couldn't be mad at his superiors, even though they had demonstrated that they were out of their ever-loving minds. He had been trained too well to accept orders as having good reason. He couldn't even be mad at Kyless, for all she did was agree to accept what she always wanted. But, of course, knowing Kyless, the young soldier was sure that she'd figure out a reason to make him mad at her soon enough. It was her specialty.<br/><br/>But in the end, Kevin couldn't really be mad at anyone; which only made him that much angrier.<br/><br/>"I mean it's bad enough that they're using you as bait. Now you have to babysit<em>her</em>? If they defanged her like they said, and believe me I have doubts about their ability to do that, what is value of her being here anyway? Really! Kyless!" He threw up his hands in frustration.<br/><br/>And that's where he started<em>before</em>the demon got to arrive and put in her two irritating cents. Which naturally struck with laser precision on his weak spot - his relationship with Mallory and the general assumption that there was something romantic going on. And like always, he took the bait. "No... it's just outside clothes are different from inside clothes... for... um... Mallory, anyway..." He supposed he should have changed to civvies too, but camo was still semi-normal for town, and gave a whole,<em>Don't mess with me</em>vibe which given the situation, was very much warranted. "We're still adjacent because I'm still taking care of her."<br/><br/>Kevin closed his eyes, counted to ten, and did his best to compose himself. "Look, Kyless. I know you've always wanted to get out, so I'm sure this is really exciting for you. But... what we're doing tonight is dangerous... especially for Mal... so I need you to behave, OK? Do you know what I mean when I say behave?" It wasn't as complicated a word as<em>adjacent</em>, but one that seemed so contrary to everything he knew about the demon. And his temper was a little too short as it was right now for him to be allowing her slack.