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“Ah” The stranger lifts his eyebrows “A Gold, then?”
Stefano looks ashamed “You know the story”
“Saears, new oil”
“So it goes”
“So it goes How long till your pension?”
“Three They bumped them all back five years”
“Bastards”
“Yut New recruits ain’t up to scratch Reds and Browns…even an Obsidian It’s fuckin’ s in the kennel”
“Criminal”
“So it goes”
The stranger steps close and drops his voice “Listen…I know you got a job to do, Stefano I know that But look around you Fuse is lit Cart her away and Vox goes boom I vouch for this little lady Told her et o back and tell her parents what’s what You know Reds: s teets messy Especially since she’s done jack all Any way you could forget to log this one in?” He looks back at the crowd “Save everyone a headache”
“Stefano…” Officer Rico starts
“Quiet, squib” Officer Stefano looks at me, back to the street, and then at the other older Watchon and nods He junetic coupling on my shackles I folloarily out the back
“I owe you a chit,” the strang
er says “Damn fine of you”