FOURTH SHOT

[dog_eat_dog]

Lee ––

I met with Joel. I don't know if you've met him, since he's hardly been here longer than I have, but he's my better half. We went out into the woods and waited it out so he could put me down, but I didn't turn. And when Joel wasn't watching me, I went down to the damn clinic, where the world's most terrified doctor hacked off the wound.

So now that my shoulder has roughly the same texture as raw hamburger, and it doesn't seem to be spreading, I can finally let you know that your advice was complete bullshit... but I appreciate it all the same.

We should get drinks. Proper ones, this time.

Tess



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Hey, kid.

You've been here much longer than I have. Let me drill you for information and I'll make it worth your while. What do you say?

Tess

Comments

[dog_eat_dog]

True. And after a while, you stop even thinking about a lot of people.

[rightchoices]

... not me. [ He shakes his head. ] Not trying to be sentimental, just - as long as I'm here, I guess. They deserve to be thought of.

[dog_eat_dog]

[She shakes her head.]

It's too damn tiring to live like that, after a point.

[rightchoices]

[ And he just laughs, humorless but genuine. ]

Probably a reason why you made it twenty something years.

[dog_eat_dog]

You'd get sick of nostalgia at some point, good survivor or not. I've survived because I give a shit about my future, not because I let go of my past.