The past twenty-four hours had been full of surprises. Ophelia was secretly a snake monster, and Haku was secretly a boy. SubZero had about as many surprises as he could handle. It didn't help that his nurse insisted on carrying his tray. He could easily have managed that, even with the use of only one arm.

SubZero sat by himself, and hoped that HK wouldn't decide to come bother him at lunch. He'd seen the other two assassins talking in the sun room but hadn't given them much attention. Spending the night planning with the two of them really wasn't his idea of a good time either, it was time that could be better spent doing something else.

[For Haku]