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“You are nuts”

They both chuckled and assembled the weapons in relative silence for a bit

“Okay, looks like we got the whole list” Tanner nodded “Now for body armor We will pick it out now, then wear it off the mountain Too hard to put on in the copter”

“What about Ridge?” Noah asked

Tanner huffed “We don’t have one that sht to stash her somewhere”

“Yeah? Like where?”

Tanner paused and seemed to think on it

“Yeah see? We don’t have time to take her anywhere You said yourself that Faulkner will only be there through toet him there”

“Okay, but she stays in the copter Not that it’s safe either”

“She can wear a vest and helmet”

Tanner nodded “I never thought I’d be taking my little sister to this kind of party”

“Things change” Noah loaded another clip

“Yeah I’ll say Harris whooped? THAT is a change, hed

“Laugh it up soldier boy Until it happens to you”

Tanner’s smile fell away

Noah stared at him “So, it has already?”

He shrugged “There was a woman, but…”

Noah tilted his head “But?”

“I never got her name”

“So a one nighter?”

“No All week”

“And no name for a whole week?”

Tanner looked troubled “Just drop it It’s a done thing I’m too fucked up in the head now to be… There’s no future in it” He shoved his ar the copter” He left the armory room