I gulped, looking towards Fred, who didn't even have a friendly smile on his face as he watched me.

"I... I didn't mean it like that." Gulping, I drew two steps back. This was the first time I had seen such a murderous expression on Blue's face. I knew the right thing to do was run, and ask questions later. No one knew where I was, and would —

"Do you think they badly of us?" He demanded, his voice rougher, not like the calming tone he always used with me. He sounded more like Fred but with a ...