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[this again. just like Road said. the Thirds, and Alma. his life is so insignificant, years past when it should have ended, it's almost insulting to offer a half-dozen lives in exchange for it.
--but he turns his head away, murmuring tightly] As if I haven't seen how his deals end up.
[he'll keep telling himself it was probably a trick but anyone who dies from here on out is now his personal fault lalala]