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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elric" data-source="post: 4394541" data-attributes="member: 1139">“I can’t believe she’s dead.” Nitro punches himself with a right fist to his left palm, hard enough to shatter steel.  The pain of the punch subsides almost immediately; the deeper pain does not.If I had only connected with that haymaker on a stunned 30-foot tall Leopard—after knocking her to the ground—how much easier could it get?  Then she’d probably have been knocked out and Apollo wouldn’t have had to come back to avoid having me face Guardian and Leopard alone.  Then he might have been able to protect Vi.Mentally addressing himself now,  This isn’t just a game, John.  If you got shot by one of Killer Bee’s poison stingers [Nitro had been informed about the basics of what happened in the base at this point] the impact might knock you out but that would be about it.  For anyone else, the stinger could kill them itself, or its poison could finish the job later—like Vi.  Every time you make a mistake, it’s more likely that one of your teammates dies. “We didn’t win, Jack.  But they didn’t win either.  We both lost something today—them an opportunity and us a dear friend.  But they’ll get more opportunities.”  His face darkens.“Next time we see those terrorist sh*tholes, leave Killer Bee to me.  I’m not afraid of his poison stingers.”</blockquote>