Step-sister. [He gives a low whistle, shaking his head.] Best of luck to the both of them, I don't fancy untangling that knot.
[They're both glad to be away from it. Even if what they're going back to is hell of a different kind. Richie sighs.]
I'm going to wind the clock back a few hours. There was a point where two of us got attacked. Blindsided by an old bully of ours — they pinned the killings on him back in the day, locked him up in an insane asylum, and I guess he really did go crazy. Enough that he would do what It told him, and It said, "Hey Henry, your old pals are back in town. Why don't you take this here knife and pay them a visit? One by one."
So. If I stick around in the right spot and make it a two against one, maybe we eliminate him and keep our numbers up to six instead of five. Maybe that'll keep the later casualties down. I can hope.
[There's a beat. He digs in his pocket suddenly.]
By the way — I've got no idea if they'll keep their juice once we go home, but considering our other conversation, I thought you could use an extra edge.
[And he'll pass her an eggplant keychain, which will make someone go blind for three hours, and a dried fish, which forces someone to answer one question truthfully.]
They'd be more effective on your "monster" than mine, I think.
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Step-sister. [He gives a low whistle, shaking his head.] Best of luck to the both of them, I don't fancy untangling that knot.
[They're both glad to be away from it. Even if what they're going back to is hell of a different kind. Richie sighs.]
I'm going to wind the clock back a few hours. There was a point where two of us got attacked. Blindsided by an old bully of ours — they pinned the killings on him back in the day, locked him up in an insane asylum, and I guess he really did go crazy. Enough that he would do what It told him, and It said, "Hey Henry, your old pals are back in town. Why don't you take this here knife and pay them a visit? One by one."
So. If I stick around in the right spot and make it a two against one, maybe we eliminate him and keep our numbers up to six instead of five. Maybe that'll keep the later casualties down. I can hope.
[There's a beat. He digs in his pocket suddenly.]
By the way — I've got no idea if they'll keep their juice once we go home, but considering our other conversation, I thought you could use an extra edge.
[And he'll pass her an eggplant keychain, which will make someone go blind for three hours, and a dried fish, which forces someone to answer one question truthfully.]
They'd be more effective on your "monster" than mine, I think.