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[hew]

A bit quick on the trigger finger, eh? Get a little bit attached, so you haul yourself out to the scrapyard and fix something up for me — could be worse.

Let me remind you, though, I've been through hell and back. I want my cut, and you're gonna fucking give it to me if this is gonna work.

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[debts]

[ It's not insult, just observation— ]

So you know what you want.

[hew]

[ Simply: ] No good in being wishy-washy when it comes to that type of shit. If you can't back out of a job, might as well get the most of it.

[debts]

That's a lot healthier than trying to get out of it.

[hew]

Learn from the mistakes of others — that's how the saying goes, isn't it?

[setyoufree]

[Willard's wary of this guy, but he's curious, too. And nothing comes of just sitting back and wondering.]

You think you can deal with these sons of bitches?

oh man, props for playing from apocalypse now.

[hew]

[ That gets a grin, the expression not particularly friendly but not hostile, either. ]

At the least, I'm not goin' down without a fight.

the world can always use some more apocalypse. or something.

[setyoufree]

[Fair enough. He gives a short nod.]

They sure don't leave us much choice.

Any idea what they've got planned for you?

[For Willard, at least of late, this is pretty chatty. It's good to break the silence once in a while. Remember that the world still exists.]

true that!

[hew]

Get ambitious enough, I might get shipped off somewhere, but as it is, it's a bit of free range.

[ This doesn't particularly seem to bother him as an indefinite possibility, if his expression is anything to go by.

Then, in what passes for politeness by his standards: ] What about you, then?

[setyoufree]

[It's all been a little vague, time passing in stretches he can't track, location never really settling to a specific place. Then again, that isn't so far from the jungle.] I've been... Adrift. Silent.

Mostly waiting for orders. There's been talk of placement, but words don't mean a whole lot.

[hew]

[ In that, at least, he's right — drift for long enough and eventually it isn't keeping moving that's the hard part, it's coming to a stop. Kruger's mouth twists for just an instant. ]

Yeah, you can say that again. Gotta take action into your own hands, man — nothing gets done, otherwise.

[setyoufree]

[He lets this sit for a moment, stirring it in his head. Sometimes, maybe. But sometimes action was beyond your taking, the whole damn thing got too big, too damn insane, and there was nowhere to grab hold. Other times...

Pulling at the thought, he lets the words come slowly.] It's been my experience that everything comes eventually, whether we like it or not.

[Sometimes he wonders whether he's really taken any actions of his own, at all.]

[typecast]

You're right about one thing — could be worse.

[hew]

Only one thing?

[typecast]

There's always room for a little worse.

But they're usually quick. They know what they want. Apparently, so do you.

[hew]

That's not such a miracle, is it? [ He shrugs, the set of his shoulders shifting. ] Why, haven't made terms with yours, yet?

[typecast]

Many don't. [ A shoulder of her own elevates in a brief shrug. ] We're still negotiating.

[hew]

Better stamp out your conditions fast, babe. The longer you take, the more the interest piles up.

[typecast]

I make a very compelling argument.

[hew]

That's what I like to hear.

[typecast]

[ She keeps her hands to herself, arms folded at her chest, but introductions come all the same. ] Liz.

[ex_reverency375]

They are rather persistent.

[hew]

As long as I'm getting paid for the hours I put in, I don't mind.

[ex_reverency375]

What matter of currency do you require from the likes of them?

[hew]

'S more metaphorical than not. Actual money's worth shit around here, so — I give up my time, I get to do what I want with it.

[ex_reverency375]

Looking forward to that, I expect.

[hew]

Oh, quite. Nothing like getting taken off the leash.

[ex_reverency375]

I find it to be a more recent development, in a case such as my own. I might wish you luck, but you shan't be needing it.