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[rudelanguage]

S...that's fine, yeah. This'll...this'll be great. [beat.

oh.

oh fuck we're on! Antigonevoice GO]

Oh! Uh! Hhhhey! Heyyy, so uh. Did anyone get offered to, uh...buy a guy? During the fog stuff?

Quick yes or no works.

[...]

That's all.

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[badnewsandshitlist]

[A pause. He laughs softly, too tired to pretend surprise.]

“…A bottlecap. How perfectly humiliating. I accept.”

[Another pause. His voice lowers, steady but thin with pride.]

“And… thank you, for not naming me. I would prefer to keep it that way. Etraya has enough gossip without my contribution.”

[A faint, rueful smile in his tone.]

“Besides, my wife still believes I have a trace of sense left. If she learns I sold myself for confectionery and scrap metal, she will never let me near a marketplace again.”

[He exhales, quieter now.]

“So let us leave the story untitled. A secret is safest in indifference, after all.”

[rudelanguage]

[again, another lengthy pause while Knife is processing.

then:] How was I gonna name a guy whose name I didn't know?