(You wouldn't think it, what with all the snow on the ground, but ice is in rather short supply right now.)
Gingerly, he takes hold of the closest unburned skin as he lets water pour out from the nozzle onto the burn. It's far from any kind of steady, consistent stream, but it's better than nothing.
"Yeah," he says. "Like we turned a corner, right?"
It's then that Mother walks up to them, and Voodoo nods in greeting. "What's the deal, Mother?"
"We're packing it up, taking these guys back to the post office. They say the Cleaners are already talking about Ferro."
"No shit?"
"No shit." Mother glances back at the captured Cleaners. "Faye's sending a negotiator in with an escort. We'll see if the rest of them want to pack it in. After the yards, the apartments, and now this - I can't imagine they've got much of a stomach for fighting us left."
After a beat, he nods, then looks back to Voodoo and Lindianne. "They're almost done clearing the bridges onto the island from Jersey City and Brooklyn. We'll be getting resupplied and reinforced after that."
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(You wouldn't think it, what with all the snow on the ground, but ice is in rather short supply right now.)
Gingerly, he takes hold of the closest unburned skin as he lets water pour out from the nozzle onto the burn. It's far from any kind of steady, consistent stream, but it's better than nothing.
"Yeah," he says. "Like we turned a corner, right?"
It's then that Mother walks up to them, and Voodoo nods in greeting. "What's the deal, Mother?"
"We're packing it up, taking these guys back to the post office. They say the Cleaners are already talking about Ferro."
"No shit?"
"No shit." Mother glances back at the captured Cleaners. "Faye's sending a negotiator in with an escort. We'll see if the rest of them want to pack it in. After the yards, the apartments, and now this - I can't imagine they've got much of a stomach for fighting us left."
After a beat, he nods, then looks back to Voodoo and Lindianne. "They're almost done clearing the bridges onto the island from Jersey City and Brooklyn. We'll be getting resupplied and reinforced after that."