Pre-planning

"Don't you understand? He's the bad guy, plain and simple!"

"Plain and simple? Doesn't he have, like, an ulterior motive or something?"

Avi stared at him with his red and green eyes so intensely that Mitch was afraid he'd catch on fire. "Ever seen Star Wars?"

"Of course I have."

Avi shoved the gun into his chest. "He's the dark side, and you are the light. Don't get the two mixed up." And then he was brushing past Mitch and barking an order at Kevin, and Mitch was left to stare at the foreign weapon in his hands, wondering how he'd gotten himself into this intergalactic mess in the first place.

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