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Hank Pines paced the floor of the apartment he shared with his
fiancee, Vivienne Chen. Something was wrong with his family, his
parents and siblings and uncle and grunkle, he was sure of it, but he
had no idea why he was so sure they were in danger.There had been no call, either mundane or occult, to let him know
there was trouble. No message, no reason for this knowledge, nothing
but an unshakable feeling that there was danger threatening his
family.Hank kept finding himself rubbing the pine tree tattooed on his hip
as he paced, the tattoo he shared with his sisters that doubled as an
emergency summon for his uncle. It felt normal, not extra warm to the
touch or sending little sparks through his fingers, and for a few
seconds he was tempted to use it, summon his uncle and convince
himself he was being silly…even if it was supposed to be for
emergencies only and using it would mean at least a good half hour of
convincing his uncle that everything was fine at the very least.Vivi watched him from the kitchen, where she was sitting and nursing
a cup of coffee. “Hank, would you just call your family already?”
she said. “Whatever way you want to, I don’t care how. You’re going
to keep worrying until you do.”Hack ran a hand through his hair, grimacing. “It’s silly, though,”
he protested. “It’s just a feeling, I…there’s no reason to think
anything’s wrong.”“You’ve been pacing for two hours,” Vivi pointed out, laughing to
cover her worry. “Just call already, before you wear out the
carpet. You’ve spent this long living with a demon, something had to
rub off on you, right?” she added, tossing Hank’s own explanation
for the things he could pull off and his blank reactions to the
inexplicable back at him. “Just…do it, okay? Before I pick up a
phone myself.”
The Scouring: Chapter 4
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