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Surely there’s a bounty out on you. Maybe I should bring them your head. (Attack)
Sammy
Really? You want me to work for you?
You
I could use someone with your unique skills.
I could use a meat shield.
Everyone deserves a chance to prove themselves.
On second thought, no.
Sammy
This is great, thank you! I really appreciate it.
I promise, any time you need a lock picked, or somebody stabbed with a cursed dagger, I’m your man.
Oh, I’m Sammy, by the way. Sammy Luscoe. Nice to meet ya.
— First time meeting Sammy inThe Stones of Ayor 3
thirteen
it sounds really crass when you put it like that
Can we trade sisters?
I don’t expectDamien to respond right away; I know he’s visiting family for the weekend, and he won’t be on his laptop all the time. But I hate not being able to just talk at him whenever I want.
He’s pretty much always online when I am, which makes me think he’s probably always online, and I find it comforting. For one thing, it means he’s always available when I want to play someSOA4. But it also means he’s not hanging out with someone else.
Not that I should care about that. He can hang out with whomever he wants. He’s a grown-up, at least technically. And I know that he does sometimes spend time with his roommates—on purpose, even—but usually when he sees a message from me, he switches over to gaming pretty quickly. (Maybe I should feel bad about hogging him all the time, but I don’t.)
Wednesday evening was a bit awkward on my end, after everything, but we quickly fell back into a rhythm ofconversing and gaming and soon I’d forgotten all about the unwelcome dream I’d had the night before. Pretty much.
