Boy was he glad he was missing all of this. Or would be if he were aware. Pleasantly ignorant, Edge wandered back out from the backyard, tossing the balls up in the air and then flipping over the fence to catch them one-two-three on the other side. When the mission got serious, maybe then he'd stop showing off.

"Here we go!" he said, lifting his voice with the confidence that no one else would hear it. "Three balls for three snakes, right?"