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He starts whistling between drags of his cancer stick

What song is that?

“Sympathy for the Devil”

Of fucking course it is

"Dude, get down! For real The train'll be here in a few minutes!"

He leans between the rails of the trestle, his hair flopping down into his face "Go the fuck away"

He sounds genuinely angry What the fuck? I just saved his ass "People have died up there Are you from here?"

I idle closer to the land bank and drop the heaviest anchor I have Then I jurassy aria side all the way out to the trestle bridge

To get up to the bridge, I have to pick my way over a bunch of little rocks and shit It takesthe whole tie, I try not to look down between the slats

"Listen,But you need to come down Like, I'm serious"

His eyes find mine, and I’m surprised at how hard they are "Like, are you?"

"By the tiet down"

He sooder?"

"Soet scared and freeze up"

"So go do Before it happens to you"

I look at hi from a movie Really all of hi, drae Maybe he looks too thin Too elina Jolie on a boy Sharp but bulky shoulders He's lean, lanky, but he’s clearly large-frah me, round and somber

"What do you want?" He sounds fed up He looks tired

"I don't want to see you turned to burgerblood all into my boat"

He srimly "Move your boat"

"You're not from around here"