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"Here." Wally, with a haunted look in his eyes, slides a glass of water toward Yue as he takes a seat at the table beside her.
Yue lifts her gaze from the wooden surface, a sad smile tugging at her lips as she meets his gaze. "Thanks," she whispers, then raises the glass to her lips. The cool water against her chapped lips brings only an ounce of relief to her worn body.
Placing the glass back on the table, she raises a hand to rest against her neck. Red Tornado attacked them. Their den-mother, a League hero whom they all trusted, attacked them.
She couldn't stop replaying the events in her mind.
"Oh!" Wally throws her cape over her shoulders, his expression softening slightly as he clips it into place. Just as her smile didn't reach her eyes, neither did his– for the first time since meeting the boy, she doubted there was anything that could cure his foul mood. "I found this near the hangar."
She can't bring herself to speak again, only nodding her head in response before her eyes flick back to the half-full glass of water in her hands. If she closes her eyes long enough, she can still feel herself sinking into those dark depths; it was like she never left the water at all.
Frowning, she chugs down the rest of the water. The burning feeling in her lungs only persists, refusing to leave her alone no matter how hard she willed it.
Green Arrow approaches the table, his gaze unusually soft as he places a bowl of pretzels on the table. Wally lifts his hand from Yue's shoulder to push the bowl away from himself, "Thanks, but no thanks."
"What we want are answers," Dick says from across the table, "About Red Tornado and his siblings."
The League heroes had returned to the Cave just in time to save them all the previous night. The team weren't permitted to go home yet, having spent the entire day in one-on-one interviews with their mentors to recount the events.
"Exactly!" Wally chimes in; Green Arrow reaches to take the bowl, only for him to snatch it from his grasp with a sheepish smile. He shoves a handful into his mouth, then glances toward Yue. "You want some?"
She's silent for a moment, then parts her lips to speak; across the room, Conner's voice beats her to it as he shouts, "You knew?!" The boy charges toward Kaldur, his eyes narrowing at their leader as he grabs a fistful of his shirt and pushes him against the wall. "That android and his maniac family nearly killed M'gann!"
A frown tugs at Yue's lips and she moves to her feet, cautiously keeping her gaze on both Conner and Kaldur as she waits for an explanation. Conner had come far from the boy with anger issues that he was when they met, there had to be a reason for this outburst.
