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Ward laughs and chokes out a wet-sounding cough. You can't tell if it's on purpose or not. "The Archon had just enough info on us to know we planned to strike, but she didn't know enough to put the plan on ice. Fortunately, certain people kept quiet." He gives you an approving look. "When she came for us, we had the Gangrel crew disguised as homeless mortals in the alleyway outside our safehouse. Even after catching her by surprise, she still managed to destroy three of them before we took her, and she would have killed even more if it wasn't for Sevinc."

"She didn't know I had power over minds," Sevinc says, tapping her forehead as she effortlessly keeps up with Ward's reckless downward pace. "Always an advantage to know what Kindred don't think you know."

Ward cuts in. "So this Archon's old school, not just old, right? She diagrammed all her plans on paper. Paper!"

"They were blueprints," Sevinc says, exasperated.

"Whatever. So we followed her plan to a 'T' except for the part where we didn't really get blown up. Hauberk had a little fun in After Effects, and bam! Corliss saw what she wanted to see!"

"It could have gone very differently," Sevinc says. "We were lucky."

"Have a little faith, Sev," Ward says.