just returning the compliment. but i did mean it. you are the kind of girl i'd love to get drinks with... i just wanna wake up without a knife in me the next day.
โ oh, no. we're not doing it like that. i'm taking you there myself, blue. i'll carry you if i have to. โ
it'd more likely be dragging than carrying, but piper was determined.
โ not letting you avoid getting yourself patched up, and sure as hell ain't letting you go and [++]
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some light fussing, trying to keep the reporter away. an eventual relenting, huff of air as theyโd move the fabric in the way.
lucky for them, no bullet. it happened to be a switchblade, did some nasty damage before theyโd taken out the raider who did it. โ
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free drinks at most bars. other stuff, if that's your vice. i won't judge. well, not beyond concern for your health. and people might sometimes actually like you, if you're writing nice things about them.
โ sure it's just the scenery you've been taking in, and no bullets? c'mere, stop moving... โ
gently trying to turn them back, she carefully inspected the wound, beginning to try and clean and dress it as best as she could. โ ...we really should get you proper attention... โ
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almost instinctively theyโd turn away from their approaching companion. quick blow of the air theyโd just sucked in, fixing bent posture.
โ Just . . . taking in the scenery, Piper. โ inflection spoke of pain when words did not, rising with in inhaled breath and โ
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terrible shame. she's got a good brain in a pretty head, a sharp tongue, and knows her way around the area; the perfect reporter, really.
probably would even pay better, too.
you're a flirt, dix. really know the way to a girl's heart, don't you?
i'd almost offer you a job if i didn't know for sure you'd be carving that way to my heart with a knife before breakfast.
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โah should hijack the Publick from ya, make my first headline: โ Local Nuisance Found Dismembered. โ
then, like a game โah hide anโ seek, put pieces of you โround the town.
sounds like fun to me.
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