The tomb was too quiet, so Su Ming decided to play some music while Aphra worked to liven things up.
On one side, a woman was prying open a coffin with a crowbar. On the other, Deathstroke leaned against the doorway, humming along with his music player. The song was the theme from the Korean drama Full House.
It wasn't that he found anything romantic about robbing a tomb with a lesbian. You had to look at it from another angle.
From a Jedi's perspective, the Je'daii of old had all been laid to rest together in this cemetery. The tomb was one big house, wasn't it? They had lived and died together, then shared a resting place. Wasn't that romantic?
A couple being buried together was one of the classic romantic gestures. With hundreds of people buried together here, wasn't it a hundred times as romantic? There was so much romance it was practically overflowing.
So the tomb really was a house full of romance. It made perfect sense.
Of course, humming also helped pass the time. The Sorcerer Supreme was watching to see whether whoever was behind the Strange Hand would send anything else.
The answer was no.
Aphra worked her way out from the first burial chamber, searching for valuables. She had gone through half of the hundreds of chambers, which were laid out like a communal dormitory, and quite some time had passed. Yet the enemy had made no further move, as though they had no idea what had happened here.
But the dark Mercenary knew they hadn't given up. Most likely, they had simply changed tactics and no longer intended to confront him head-on.
Come to think of it, he hadn't even shown what he was capable of when he killed the Strange Hand. Had