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“I’ve eaten venison,” Lance said “It’s good”

“Has to be better than dog,” Antoine said “Although I’d eat soht now, if I had any”

“What do we do?” Lance asked Zil

Every eye, even Lisa’s, turned to Zil “What do you think we do?” Zil asked rhetorically, stalling for time

“We go get him!” Antoine said

Zil slapped Antoine on the shoulder and laughed “Yeah” Then he high-fived Hank “Good work, man Venison is on the menu”

“Right after we hang Hunter,” Hank said

That stopped the conversation cold

“Say what?” Lance asked

Hank looked coldly at Lance “You think the freak is just going to give us the food? He’ll kill us, if he gets the chance Freaks don’t care about us, don’t care if we starve Anyway, he’s afreak?”

Zil sed hard Hank was pushing this thing too far It was one thing busting on Saet some respect for normals

To Zil’s relief, Lance spoke up “Dude, I don’t think ant to, like, kill the guy ourselves”

“It was Zil’s idea,” Hank said “That first night Why did we have a rope with us if eren’t going to execute justice on Hunter?”

The rope had not been Zil’s idea But should he ad He wanted Hunter to cry and confess that he’d stolen that last shred of beef jerky He hadn’t been thinking about actually killing Hunter That was just talk

“You think Sa to let us just execute Hunter?” Lance argued