"Sorry about Natalie, too. She's nice, really, but sometimes she forgets what methods people call extreme." She sighed. "In a world with lots of magic powers, physical torture comes up about middle rank."
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And a Strange Figure Emerges."I will tell you our source, and maybe a little more, but the rest is extra."
"Defiant little bugger, ain'tcha?" Natalie leaned in. "Now tell us, how do you know where the Revenge Lightlives live?"
"We have been getting the sources from the ones that keep the registry, in the jungle around the temple."
"That's nice. Where'd you really get them?"
"You doubt me?"
"Even if you did get your hands on a guardian, they'd never fork over info like that to a gang of armor-clad nutjobs."
"Not willingly. But they may be persuaded. A well earned rest on a nice soft restraining bench. The smoothing sensation of 210 milliamps. Perhaps even the insertion of the odd night terror."
Natalie's eyes had gone wide. She walked back and forth. "...no. Nonononono. Someone would have noticed."
"Some of us are amazingly subtle, and shielded."
And a Strange Figure Emerges."Heh, you're lucky she actually wants something from you, because if it weren't for her... Me beat shit out of jackass. Me cut off jackass's balls. Me no care if jackass spills beans." He turned to Natalie, "hey, uh.... what's a Guard. I don't think he's talkin' 'bout a rent-a-cop."
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"It's, it's, a guardian's a lightlife that, um, guards the temple for the Heart of Desire. Showing off scary powers, telling people to 'turn back', that kind of thing."
"We noticed that there are no Revenge-weilding guardians. A pity, since one might have been more in line with-"
"Yeah, well, newsflash, soldier boy. Revenge Lightlives don't exactly have a history of being cooperative."
And a Strange Figure Emerges.Terry arrived at the edge of town, where bolts of energy were being exchanged between Karina and what looked like a small Blood Angel Space Marine, with a jet pack. The assailant took notice of him. "Took ya long enough," he buzzed, then threw an extra large bolt at Karina's head, knocking her down.
And a Strange Figure Emerges.Penny smiled encouragingly. "It's okay, Lil' John. It's all right now. So! You wanna do something else? Get your mind off things? Maybe go get an ice cream? Just not chocolate because, well, we're dogs."
The soldier strolled over.
"You want justice, don't you? I'm just guessing, but ya look like you've had someone spit in your eye from up above, and ya wanna pull them down so hard they crack their skull. Well guess what? So do a lot of people. Nearly a whole armies worth. But now, that army's got organised, and we're gonna organise things upstairs, too. We're gonna go to the top of the food chain, kick down the guy up top, and we're gonna set everything straight. Laws, society, military...we're aiming to bring justice where it counts."
Standing right in front of his 'recruit', the soldier looked Terry straight in the eye.
"Mr Rickert...how'd ya like to be part...of the second american revolution?"
And a Strange Figure Emerges.

Natalie began to correct Lars, then decided against it. "Let's see if he's more willing to speak now."
Penny followed Gary and John. "Um, John? Sorry this whole mentoring thing didn't go so well."
And a Strange Figure Emerges.