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    Open Along These Godless Streets [completed]

    She talked…a lot. But he didn't interrupt. She'd earned that much, at least. And if he had to scratch at the rim and shift his weight from one cheek to another to stay quiet for all of it – so be it. Sure spoke like a knight. Find the killer. Ha! This only ended when the fucker couldn't hurt...
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    Dare pigs unslaughtered

    Looked at Zalan like he grew another head. Because no good came from knowing. Or what he told himself most days. And most days, it worked. But he felt it before Pindhi could say it. Love or whatever. Suppose the whole thief thing made sense now. Had to bite his cheek at the whole stealing...
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    Dare pigs unslaughtered

    Never knew how to be a cloud. Floating without a worry didn't seem natural. Neither did putting down roots. If clouds could come around all grey and lob potatoes at fuckers...that sounded closer to life. „So Dancer I get. Salamanders too. All mercs, but...“ He'd given it thought, but it didn't...
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    Private know a guy

    Grumbling made Laric more believable. Couldn't make out a lick of it. Didn't need to. Because rain was meant to make you miserable. To break spirit and get you wet in places you didn't know you had. It was a much better way to live than some noble quests and paying of debts. Trevor'd take...
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    Open Along These Godless Streets [completed]

    It had not been a good day. But this – the plop of ass on wood and the smell of ale – this he knew well. An almosthug formed around the mug, tight enough to know it was his, loose enough not to warm it too quick. He worked his drink slowly. Long as something was leftover in his mug, he...
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    Private know a guy

    It sounded nice, as Laric described it. But then he'd pushed it too far. No beggars. He'd never seen a place without 'em. Not sure he wanted to. A town with no one wanting more? That wasn't human. Rain tip tip tapped on his head and Benny's. On the road. On everything. The offered cloak had...
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    Open Along These Godless Streets [completed]

    Looked over to where Tooths was watching over the other guy. Seemed concerned. Wanted to say something clever – but he coughed instead. May very well saved more than a glance cast his way. The battered guy would most likely live. Might not be a good life, but he’d keep breathing. Looked to the...
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    Private know a guy

    Fished the glimmerbit from his pocket. Wasn't much to look at. The already negligeable wealth shaved down further. Luck and time. Making conversation, huh? Talkers made him nervous. Kept making noise to cover for something. And he knew, because he was one of 'em. „Just a coin. Gets the job...
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    Private know a guy

    Mmhmm. And remembered entirely too much...or too many in this case. The Hundred didn't like the Miradi. Sands didn't like the living. And no one liked Cindersend. „Saw a guy wrap boilbark round a kid's leg once. Said something about pulling the fever out.“ And if Trevor smiled a little, that...
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    Dare Primroses

    Cloth partially stuffed under his collar, the other end hung down his chest. They would likely need to burn the rag after, but it allowed him to keep both hands free. The dough was well rested, so he wouldn't need to work it too much. But he would need the strands. He knew there were...
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    Open Along These Godless Streets [completed]

    Lost her in the smoke. Didn’t think it possible in a room that size. But he didn’t have scouts’ eyes even on better days. Wasn’t even sure why he went back in. Just sizzled a bit, like a cat stealing from the skillet. Jumped out just as quick. Right into the arms of the same people he’d tried...
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    Private know a guy

    Laric didn't bite. Pulled the line wider instead. Trevor'd known men who could salvage a con from the swish and bob of an escaping fish...but these people weren't it. Didn't have the right words. Wondered why they even tried, being so shit at it. That gave him pause. Fished out a piece of...
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    Open Along These Godless Streets [completed]

    Didn't have the strength fight the tide of hands and boots that carried him and the battered guy out. They just pushed them out, driftwood on shorecobble. Fall probably busted his ass, but pain hadn't caught up yet. Everything felt raw and numb both. Air was easier out in the street, but the...
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    Open Along These Godless Streets [completed]

    Hot air was supposed to go up. But what awaited them below wasn't in a rush. Trevor's head felt heavy as blood rushed and ears mimicked a heart. Nearly keeled over right there. But they'd come too far for him to croak on some stairs in the middle of fucking nowhere. Not nearly the smoke of...
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    Private know a guy

    Wasn't surprised that Laric had picked up on the scam. The mud was wrong, the people were too clean and not desperate enough. The little fucker forgot to cry once his lines were done. Remembered the last time he pulled it, years back – and liked to think he'd have done better. No one would pay...
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    Open Along These Godless Streets [completed]

    Smaller linens awkwardly tied over the nose and behind the ears. Stuffed the dangly bits into the sweaty collar, tightened the shirt. Pulled the bigger grays over himself like some kind of cloak. Looked ready to rob coaches on a rainy road, or scare kids to eat their greens – both even. Nodded...
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    Dare pigs unslaughtered

    Laughed harder than he should've. Had to bellybop the pebble before it rock'n'rolled into his pants. Suppose that meant he lost. Didn't feel like losing. If one of his limbs could fall off on command, that'd make him a skink or, god forbid... Painted. „Guy could get used to this. Stop fighting...
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    Private Blade and balance

    Wondered if they needed to press the elf to make sure it was truth. After all – Painted could've been a client. They could've been costing the knifeear money. But he shook off the thought, because people wouldn't fuck with Dancer. Not here. Not on his damn doorstep. So it didn't matter how scary...
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    Open Along These Godless Streets [completed]

    His first thought was to fight her on the coin. Nobles, even former ones, often spoke like that. Like coin was some foreign whatever, and it could just be randomly left behind to the ground. Like it wasn't a thing this Gregg fucker would need after they burned his house. Like it wasn't a thing...
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    Private know a guy

    Where indeed? He'd long since given up on explaining that he didn't actually know where to go, and that he'd only be certain of the location once they'd arrived. For now this road was right. And that was good enough – more knowledge wasn't always a good thing. „We're going the right way.“...
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