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[ the message knocks the wind from tseng's lungs. ]

I see.

[ he could lie, he knows. he could lie, and save face, and fracture this fragile, changed relationship between them possibly beyond repair—or. ]

Then I suppose my definition isn't as different as I had previously assumed.

[unionized]

It was the string talking. I'm sure they didn't mean it.

[And suddenly his earlier comment about hearts getting the worst of it becomes just a tad bit clearer.]

I won't make you tell me who you mean it about.

[nonvoting]

[ when will spontaneous combustion have mercy on tseng. ]

Yes, sir.

[ he would say it, if rufus asked. that rufus isn't asking feels like both a blessing and a curse. ]

Have you eaten?

[unionized]

Not yet.

[Funny how all of their strangely intimate conversations gravitate to that question sooner or later. It's a nice little bit of ritual, really.]

[nonvoting]

Come up, then. I'm making curry.

[unionized]

All right.