How to Avoid Death on a Daily Basis
“Does your work require you to shout ‘For the Queen’ before you attack, too? Why not just shout, ‘Dodge to the left’?
Marv lowered her head. “I didn’t think he’d move that fast.”
“Oh, that’s okay, I didn’t think you were a useless twat. We all make mistakes.” Which was a lie. I always thought she was a useless twat.
She shot a defiant look at me. “What’s done is done. We still have a job to finish.”
I assumed she meant warning the city they were about to have a delivery of red hot magma at any moment. Even though the tunnels hadn’t been completed, if the big stalactite fell, it was bound to force some acidic lava to the surface.