A Hispanic boy wearing a West High Panthers jacket joined them, addressing Pitik as "Master" with obvious respect. He also looked at Suri with obvious interest--but a civilized, gentlemanly interest.
"Suri," said Master Pitik, "this is Gilberto [Spanish G sound] Costamesa, son of our police chief and my third-best student; he'll be in the demo too, so be sure to make him look good." [A-Y, you can control Gilberto; in fact, you may have seen him and his parents at Nueva Vida, for they attend there.]
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Alipang swallowed his mouthful and set the wrapped remainder out of the way before reacting to Chilena's playful shove. "Trying to take advantage of an injured man, are you? Well, I'm not scared of you! On guard!"--and he playfully grasped some of her hair as if pulling it, without really pulling.