In the Public Eye: Part 58
"No. There's no way I'm doing that," I said.
"That was a joke. I wasn't suggesting you let Mindstryke take over, but you need to listen to the guy. No one thinks about it when they start, but managing your image is a major piece of the job."
Guardian pulled a couple pieces of pepperoni pizza onto a plate.
Flick leaned in toward the table and smiled briefly. "He's right. Some of you have heard about what happened when I joined the Defenders. I think the most important thing I've learned in the past two years is how to handle myself in public."
I hadn't heard, but didn't get a chance to ask.
She looked over at Daniel's dad and then Guardian, "You're not planning on having him speak very long, are you?"
Daniel's dad said, "Nothing long. Just a short explanation of why we've got the mayor."
Cassie looked up from her own plate of pizza and said, "Nothing against the Rocket, but I've heard his explanation for why we needed to go get the mayor and it's not short."
"I won't have to go over all that stuff with Magnus for the press," I said.
"You'd better not," Cassie said. "And if you feel the urge to talk about how the roachbots work, resist it."
Water, standing on the far end of the table next to Marcus said, "Who's Magnus?"
Marcus said, "Don't worry about it." Turning to the rest of us, he said, "I'll tell him later."
Flick turned toward me and said, "Roachbots? As in cockroaches?"