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[ Tommy exhales heavily and rubs his hand over his face again. He doesn't get any of this. Ever since Jenna told the world she was a vampire, it's been one thing that seems to come straight out of the movies after the next. And Tommy's tried not to judge or get hung up on it -- because this situation is too strange in general to get caught up on how it was strange specifically -- but it doesn't mean he gets any of it.

But he trusts Tyke (weird to think that after so long not trusting anyone), and he knows she wouldn't make this stuff up just to keep him from fighting some guy who might or might not deserve it. She probably could've just said Just trust me, and he would've. ]

So I'd get my ass kicked for nothing. Because he's got superpowers, [ he summarizes. ]