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* ParanoiaGambit: Jade tells Miranda and Cedric that she wants them to sneak around and play from the shadows to make the Guardians think there's someone over their shoulders 24/7 until their paranoia had been fed to the point they become puppets dancing to the duo's tunes.

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* ParanoiaGambit: Jade tells Miranda and Cedric that she wants them to sneak around and play from the shadows to make the Guardians think there's someone over their shoulders 24/7 until their paranoia had has been fed to the point they become puppets dancing to the duo's tunes.



* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Jade states that she aims to bring the Guardians' duties on a such a severe collision course with their daily lives so that they'll have to choose one life over the other.

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* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Jade states that she aims to bring the Guardians' duties on a such a severe collision course with their daily lives so that they'll have to choose one life over the other.
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* ParanoiaGambit: Jade tells Miranda and Cedric that she wants them to sneak around and play from the shadows to make the Guardians think there's someone over their shoulders 24/7 until their paranoia had been fed to the point they become puppets dancing to the duo's tunes.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Tynar tells the Guardians and Elyon the truth about Jade/Kage, Elyon blames herself, and when the others tell her it's not her fault, Tynar disagrees to their shock. He then tells them that Kage said they attacked her without letting her explain herself and asks if it's not true that Elyon acted like her brother. All the girls can do is stay silent in shame.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Tynar tells the Guardians and Elyon the truth about Jade/Kage, Elyon blames herself, and when the others tell her it's not her fault, Tynar disagrees to their shock. He then tells informs them that Kage said told him they attacked her without letting her explain herself and asks if it's not true that Elyon acted like her brother. All the girls can do is stay silent in shame.



* CassandraTruth: Caleb refuses to believe that Nerissa was impersonating the Mage all along even when everyone else reluctantly accept it and Jade's words in the face of what Tynar and Vathek witnessed during the jailbreak and the sight of Nerissa's comatose body before them.

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* CassandraTruth: Caleb refuses to believe that Nerissa was impersonating the Mage all along even when everyone else reluctantly accept it and Jade's words in the face of what Tynar and Vathek witnessed during the jailbreak and the sight of having Nerissa's comatose body before them.



* EntertaininglyWrong: When the Guardians question why the queen of a fabled world of nightmares ended up on Meridian in shambles, they come to the conclusion that Jade must have been chased by something more powerful, a prospect which terrifies them. Of course, the readers know that Jade ended up on Meridian by accident after Drago banished her from her own universe, and nothing is chasing her.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jade intends to ruin the Guardians' daily lives as retribution, but she doesn't want to kill them.

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* EntertaininglyWrong: When the Guardians question why the queen of a fabled world of nightmares ended up on Meridian in shambles, they come to the conclusion that Jade must have been chased by something more powerful, a prospect which terrifies them. Of course, the The readers know that Jade ended up on Meridian by accident after Drago banished her from her own universe, and nothing is chasing her.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Though Jade intends to ruin the Guardians' daily lives as retribution, but she doesn't want to kill them.



* EvilLaugh: Lampshaded; when Miranda and Cedric gleefully agree with Jade's plan against the Guardians, she's very tempted to let out one of these.
* Facepalm: When Jade asks Cedric and Miranda if they could believe she helped them just because she wanted to, she facepalms as they respond only by giving a blank look and glaring, respectively.

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* EvilLaugh: Lampshaded; when Miranda and Cedric gleefully agree with Jade's plan against to mess with the Guardians, she's very tempted to let out one of these.
* Facepalm: {{Facepalm}}: When Jade asks Cedric and Miranda if they could believe she helped them just because she wanted to, she facepalms as they respond only by giving a blank look and glaring, respectively.



* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When the Guardians come to Meridian, they're surrounded by a mob of villagers who desperately want the Guardians' reassurance that they'll make things right despite the Shadowkhan attack last night. Unable to get the panicked villagers to calm down, Irma resorts to spraying the crowd with water. Though Will disapproves of this, it does make the mob pause long enough for her to ask questions.

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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When the Guardians come to Meridian, they're surrounded by a mob of villagers who who're panicked from the Shadowkhan attack last night and desperately want the Guardians' reassurance that they'll make things right despite the Shadowkhan attack last night. right. Unable to get the panicked villagers to calm down, Irma resorts to spraying the crowd with water. Though Will disapproves of this, it does make the mob pause long enough for her to ask questions.



** While Irma and Cornelia are horrified and feel guilty for their actions, they still try to justify themselves by saying that Kage acted threateningly in their first meeting and afterwards chose to continue fighting them on the Knights' side. This is trying to ignore the truth that the girls threw the first punch, with Taranee admitting it was understandable of Kage, who was alone and lost, to lash out in the face of total strangers' hostility, and they never questioned Nerissa's lies about the blue girl, giving her no chance to parley.

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** While Irma and Cornelia are horrified and feel guilty for their actions, they still try to justify themselves by saying that Kage acted threateningly in their first meeting and afterwards chose to continue fighting them on the Knights' side. This is trying to ignore the truth that the girls threw the first punch, with punch (with Taranee admitting it was understandable of Kage, who was alone and lost, to lash out in the face of total strangers' hostility, hostility), and they never questioned Nerissa's lies about the blue girl, giving her no chance to parley.



* ParentalObliviousness: {{Averted|Trope}}. Will's mother Susan suspects her daughter is hiding things from her, but she doesn't want to be overbearing and isn't confronting her about it.

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* ParentalObliviousness: {{Averted|Trope}}. Will's mother Susan suspects her daughter is hiding things from her, but she doesn't want to be overbearing and isn't confronting her about it.it for the fear of being overbearing.



* TemptingFate: Elyon's thoughts reveal that she hadn't believed things could get worse after the Shadowkhan stopped their devastating assault, only to learn about Phobos jailbreak.

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* TemptingFate: Elyon's thoughts reveal that she hadn't believed things could get worse after the Shadowkhan stopped their devastating assault, only to learn about Phobos the jailbreak.



* WhatTheHellHero: Tynar calls out the Guardians and Elyon for their treatment of Kage and assuming she was an enemy.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Tynar calls out confronts the Guardians and Elyon for their treatment of Kage and assuming she was an enemy.

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* EntertaininglyWrong: When the Guardians question why the queen of a fabled world of nightmares ended up on Meridian in shambles, they come to the conclusion that Jade must have been chased by something more powerful, a prospect which terrifies them. Of course, the readers know that Jade ended up on Meridian by accident after Drago banished her from her own universe, and nothing is chasing her.



* HandBehindHead: After Irma has an outburst over how to explain to the Oracle their screwup with Kage, she rubs the back of her head while apologizing.



** The heroes collectively have one when they conclude that if Jade/Kage really is a Queen of another dimension, something worse than her is responsible for her ending up in Meridian.

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** The heroes collectively have one when they conclude that if Jade/Kage really is a Queen queen of another dimension, the Shadow Realm, something worse than her is responsible for her ending up in Meridian.
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* CassandraTruth: Caleb refuses to believe that Nerissa was impersonating the Mage all along even when everyone else reluctantly accept it and Jade's words in the face of what Tynar and Vathek witnessed during the jailbreak.

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* CassandraTruth: Caleb refuses to believe that Nerissa was impersonating the Mage all along even when everyone else reluctantly accept it and Jade's words in the face of what Tynar and Vathek witnessed during the jailbreak.jailbreak and the sight of Nerissa's comatose body before them.



* DumbassHasAPoint: Blunk surprises everyone when he brings to their attention a valid question he himself doesn't realize is importart; why Kage came to Meridian in the first place

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* DumbassHasAPoint: Blunk surprises everyone when he brings to their attention a the valid question he himself doesn't realize is importart; of why Kage came to Meridian in the first place
place. He himself doesn't realize how good that question is until it's pointed out to him.



* ItMakesSenseInContext: When Elyon describes the Bat Khan being batlike and able to both fly and shoot lasers from their hands, it sounds ridiculous to Cornelia.
-->'''Cornelia''': Laser...shooting...shadow bats?



* LoudGulp: This is Taranee's reaction to seeing Elyon's castle in its decimated state.

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* LoudGulp: LoudGulp:
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This is Taranee's reaction to seeing Elyon's castle in its decimated state.state.
** Caleb swallows nervously when Elyon orders him to find the person whose disobedience of her orders played a role in making Kage an enemy.
** Some of the heroes gulp when they see the comatose Nerissa has no shadow.


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* UnderestimatingBadassery: When Julian worries what the five Shadowkhan tribes they have yet to see are capable of, Caleb tries to claim the Shadowkhan won't take them by surprise a second time. Julian admonishes his son for refusing to acknowledge they're standing there only because Jade didn't press the attack.

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* DumbassHasAPoint: Blunk surprises everyone when he brings to their attention a valid question he himself doesn't realize is importart; why Kage came to Meridian in the first place




** While Irma and Cornelia are horrified and feel guilty for their actions, they still try to justify themselves by insisting that Kage chose to be their enemy, ignoring their actions that caused her to become their enemy in the first place.
** Caleb is completely unwilling to admit that he was wrong about Kage, and sneakily tries to justify sending her to the dungeon against Elyon's orders, and when Elyon makes it clear that she plans to punish that person, it's implied that he will cover up his crime.

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\n** While Irma and Cornelia are horrified and feel guilty for their actions, they still try to justify themselves by insisting saying that Kage acted threateningly in their first meeting and afterwards chose to be their enemy, ignoring their actions continue fighting them on the Knights' side. This is trying to ignore the truth that caused her to become their enemy in the girls threw the first place.
** Caleb is completely unwilling to admit that he
punch, with Taranee admitting it was wrong understandable of Kage, who was alone and lost, to lash out in the face of total strangers' hostility, and they never questioned Nerissa's lies about Kage, and sneakily tries to justify sending the blue girl, giving her no chance to the dungeon against Elyon's orders, and when Elyon makes it clear that she plans to punish that person, it's implied that he will cover up his crime.
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\n** Jade's first meeting with the heroes is discussed, including the fact that Elyon decided to treat her as a guest until her identity can be confirmed, only for Caleb to countermand her orders by having Jade sent straight to the Infinite City. The latter serves as an InternalReveal to the other heroes.



* DramaticIrony: Elyon orders Caleb to find the person who went against her orders and imprisoned Jade when she first arrived on Meridian, unaware that he's the guilty party.



* ItsAllMyFault: Elyon says this in her MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment. Cornelia and Caleb try to tell her otherwise, only for Tynar to shock them by admitting she ''is'' partially to blame.

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* ItsAllMyFault: Elyon says this in her MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment. Cornelia and Caleb try to tell her otherwise, only for but she doesn't try to shift blame from herself when Tynar to shock them by admitting confronts her and she ''is'' partially to blame.learns someone countermanded her orders about Kage, acknowledging that factor doesn't make her own treatment of Kage any better.


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* NeverMyFault:
** {{Defied|Trope}} by Elyon who completely takes responsibility for the Kage situation. Even when she learns that someone went against her orders about Kage, she does not use that to deflate responsibility for herself, admitting that it doesn't make her own actions against Kage any better.

** While Irma and Cornelia are horrified and feel guilty for their actions, they still try to justify themselves by insisting that Kage chose to be their enemy, ignoring their actions that caused her to become their enemy in the first place.
** Caleb is completely unwilling to admit that he was wrong about Kage, and sneakily tries to justify sending her to the dungeon against Elyon's orders, and when Elyon makes it clear that she plans to punish that person, it's implied that he will cover up his crime.


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* OhCrap:
** When Elyon makes it clear that she's going to punish whoever countermanded her orders back when Jade/Kage was first captured and threw her into the dungeons, Caleb's justifiably nervous since ''he's'' the guilty party.
** The heroes collectively have one when they conclude that if Jade/Kage really is a Queen of another dimension, something worse than her is responsible for her ending up in Meridian.

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Caleb, not wanting to believe Jade and the Shadowkhan aren't Phobos' creations, dismisses the Land of Eternal Shadows and the Shadow People as mere myths.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Tynar tells the Guardians and Elyon the truth about Jade/Kage, Elyon blames herself, and when the others tell her it's not her fault, Tynar disagrees to their shock. He then tells them that Kage said they attacked her without letting her explain herself and asks if it's not true that Elyon acted like her brother. All the girls can do is stay silent in shame.
* ArmorPiercingResponse: Caleb sneakily tries to justify his actions by saying the person who disobeyed Elyon's orders regarding imprisoning Jade had good intentions. Elyon rebuffs him by stating that whatever their motives, that person disobeyed her orders, and they are all paying for his mistake.



* CassandraTruth: Caleb refuses to believe that Nerissa was impersonating the Mage all along even when everyone else reluctantly accept it in the face of what Tynar and Vathek witnessed during the jailbreak.

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** During her MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, Will recalls how Jade called her out of framing Raythor of treason.


* CassandraTruth: Caleb refuses to believe that Nerissa was impersonating the Mage all along even when everyone else reluctantly accept it and Jade's words in the face of what Tynar and Vathek witnessed during the jailbreak.jailbreak.
* DisappointedInYou: While Tynar does not outright say it, it's clear that he is disappointed in the Guardians and Elyon's actions regarding Jade/Kage.



* HeelRealization: Elyon and the Guardians are deeply remorseful of their actions against Jade when they realize she was all along innocent of serving Phobos.
* InternalReveal: Vathek and Tynar share with Elyon, Caleb, and the Guardians what they learned about Jade during the jailbreak. Elyon also learns someone went against her orders and sent Jade to the dungeon in ''Kage''.
* ItsAllMyFault: Elyon says this in her MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment. Cornelia and Caleb try to tell her otherwise, only for Tynar to shock them by admitting she ''is'' partially to blame.



** This is the Guardians and Elyon's collective reaction when they realize they made Jade an enemy by antagonizing her on the false assumption of her being Phobos' minion.

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** This is the Guardians and Elyon's collective reaction when they realize they made Jade an enemy by antagonizing her on the false assumption of her being Phobos' minion. Elyon actually uses those words.



* NotSoDifferentRemark: Jade sympathizes with Miranda and Cedric because she herself has also been mistreated due to being different.
-->'''Miranda''': Do you have any idea what it's like? To be prosecuted, to be hunted down just because you were born?\\

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* NotSoDifferentRemark: NotSoDifferentRemark:
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Jade sympathizes with Miranda and Cedric because she herself has also been mistreated due to being different.
-->'''Miranda''': --->'''Miranda''': Do you have any idea what it's like? To be prosecuted, to be hunted down just because you were born?\\



** Caleb mentally notes that when Elyon is angry, he can see the family resemblance between her and Phobos. Tynar, meanwhile, outright tells Elyon that her actions regarding Kage are no different from her brother's own acts.



* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Jade states that she aims to bring the Guardians' duties on a such a severe collision course with their daily lives so that they'll have to choose one life over the other.

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* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Jade states that she aims to bring the Guardians' duties on a such a severe collision course with their daily lives so that they'll have to choose one life over the other.other.
* WhatTheHellHero: Tynar calls out the Guardians and Elyon for their treatment of Kage and assuming she was an enemy.
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* BigWhat: The Guardians exclaim this when Elyon informs them that Kage has released Phobos.


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* CassandraTruth: Caleb refuses to believe that Nerissa was impersonating the Mage all along even when everyone else reluctantly accept it in the face of what Tynar and Vathek witnessed during the jailbreak.


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** This is the Guardians and Elyon's collective reaction when they realize they made Jade an enemy by antagonizing her on the false assumption of her being Phobos' minion.
** Vathek is heavily hinted to have his own regrets about his treatment of Jade.


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* SpitefulSpit: Caleb spits on the floor before informing the Guardians of what he believes to be Jade's lies about the Mage having been Nerissa all along.
* TemptingFate: Elyon's thoughts reveal that she hadn't believed things could get worse after the Shadowkhan stopped their devastating assault, only to learn about Phobos jailbreak.

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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When the Guardians come to Meridian, they're surrounded by a mob of villagers who were left terrified by the Shadowkhan attack last night and desperately want the Guardians' reassurance of making things right.

The Guardians get surrounded by a mob of villagers who are too terrified from last night's Shadowkhan attack to give the girls a chance to ask what happened.

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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When the Guardians come to Meridian, they're surrounded by a mob of villagers who were left terrified by the Shadowkhan attack last night and desperately want the Guardians' reassurance of making that they'll make things right.

The Guardians get surrounded by a mob of villagers who are too terrified from last night's
right despite the Shadowkhan attack last night. Unable to give get the girls a chance panicked villagers to calm down, Irma resorts to spraying the crowd with water. Though Will disapproves of this, it does make the mob pause long enough for her to ask what happened.
questions.
* LooseLips: When the villagers tell the Guardians that the castle was attacked by {{living shadow}}s, Cornelia immediately asks out loud if that means Kage. The mob starts panicking again as their thoughts turn to Phobos returning, and Cornelia gets reprehensible looks from the others.


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* ShutUpGunshot: When the villagers are losing it again, Taranee gets them to quiet down by launching in the air a fireball that explodes like a firework.

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** Susan tries to avoid making wrong conclusions about Will's secrets, not wanting a repeat to the incident she almost away

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** Susan tries to avoid making wrong conclusions about Will's secrets, not wanting a repeat to the incident secrets because she doesn't want to cause her daughter grief like when they almost away
moved from Heatherfield.


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Susan's scene ends with the news telling that all of Heatherfield's stores have been robbed of food supplies while the security footage blackened for mere seconds.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When the Guardians come to Meridian, they're surrounded by a mob of villagers who were left terrified by the Shadowkhan attack last night and desperately want the Guardians' reassurance of making things right.

The Guardians get surrounded by a mob of villagers who are too terrified from last night's Shadowkhan attack to give the girls a chance to ask what happened.

* LoudGulp: This is Taranee's reaction to seeing Elyon's castle in its decimated state.

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** Susan tries to avoid making wrong conclusions about Will's secrets, not wanting a repeat to the incident she almost away



* EvilLaugh: Lampshaded; when Miranda and Cedric gleefully agree with Jade's plan against the Guardians, she's very tempted to let out one of these.



* PetTheDog: Jade tells Miranda and Cedric that she bargained them out of Phobos' service so that they could actually start over once they've helped her destroy the Guardians' civilian lives.

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* ParentalObliviousness: {{Averted|Trope}}. Will's mother Susan suspects her daughter is hiding things from her, but she doesn't want to be overbearing and isn't confronting her about it.
* PetTheDog: Jade tells Miranda and Cedric that she bargained them out of Phobos' service so that they could actually start over once they've helped her destroy the Guardians' civilian lives.lives.
* {{Revenge}}: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While Jade told Phobos in Chapter 3 that she's not motivated by revenge against the Guardians, she thinks to herself that while she does not want revenge, she does want to get even with the girls for all they've done to her.
* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Jade states that she aims to bring the Guardians' duties on a such a severe collision course with their daily lives so that they'll have to choose one life over the other.

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** Jade brings up to Miranda their uneasy partnership.
** To explain how they can be of use to her, Jade reminds Miranda of how she nearly managed to land the Guardians in jail by framing them of Elyon's disappearance and brings up the fact that it was thanks to Cedric Phobos got Elyon under his thumb.



* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Miranda and Cedric stare back at Jade when she insists she helped them just because she wanted to, unable to believe she has no ulterior motives. Miranda in particular thinks that if Jade had left them to rot, none of other Knights would have noticed or cared.
* Facepalm: When Jade asks Cedric and Miranda if they could believe she helped them just because she wanted to, she facepalms as they respond only by giving a blank look and glaring, respectively.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jade intends to ruin the Guardians' daily lives as retribution, but she doesn't want to kill them.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Miranda and Cedric stare back at Jade when she insists she helped them just because she wanted to, unable to believe she has no ulterior motives. Miranda in particular thinks that if Jade had left them to rot, none of other Knights would have noticed or cared.
cared. Both of the shapeshifters are also completely astonished when Jade tells them that she'll set them free once they've completed her mission for them.
* Facepalm: When Jade asks Cedric and Miranda if they could believe she helped them just because she wanted to, she facepalms as they respond only by giving a blank look and glaring, respectively.respectively.
* FlatWhat: Miranda stutters this out when Jade promises to set her and Cedric free.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Jade sympathizes with Miranda and Cedric because she herself has also been mistreated due to being different.
-->'''Miranda''': Do you have any idea what it's like? To be prosecuted, to be hunted down just because you were born?\\
'''Jade''': You seem to forget how I ended up working with you in the first place.
* PetTheDog: Jade tells Miranda and Cedric that she bargained them out of Phobos' service so that they could actually start over once they've helped her destroy the Guardians' civilian lives.
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Jade takes Miranda and Cedric to Earth to have a small talk about the future, while the Guardians and Elyon's inner circle learn about what transpired in the Infinite City.
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* CallBack:
** Jade reveals she took over Cedric's old bookstore in Heatherfield to use as a base on Earth.
* DispenseWithThePleasantries: After entering Cedric's bookstore, Jade quickly decides to skip pleasantries and get down to business in the face of Miranda's snarky attitude and tells the shapeshifters to ask their questions.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Miranda and Cedric stare back at Jade when she insists she helped them just because she wanted to, unable to believe she has no ulterior motives. Miranda in particular thinks that if Jade had left them to rot, none of other Knights would have noticed or cared.
* Facepalm: When Jade asks Cedric and Miranda if they could believe she helped them just because she wanted to, she facepalms as they respond only by giving a blank look and glaring, respectively.

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