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They were silent for a long ed it this time

“All right,” Bobbie said “I get it”

“You do?”

“Close enough,” she said “I get it close enough”

She levered herself up to standing, then held a hand out to him He took it, his hand on her wrist, hers on his They pulled together and got hi Her face was al to show around her neck “You really beat the shit out of me,” he said

“Would have been easier to kill you,” Babs said, and grinned with bloody teeth “But I feel like we still need your dumb ass”

He nodded She was right about both things

“We should get you some ice,” he said

“Fuck you,” she said “If I did halfwe have”

“Yeah You can have it when I’h”

She ed another bloody smile and turned toward the door

“Hey, Babs,” he said “No hard feelings, right?”

“Just next time you need to beat someone up, how about you don’t insult me first”

He chuckled It hurt

“If I need to beat soot a whole station full of possibilities But if I’ht, I’m pretty much down to just you”