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[knaving]

What's a man gotta do to get a drinkin' buddy around here?

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[refinedvillain]

[Edgar slides in the chair beside him, taking one from the pack, looking it over before opening the top.]

Thank you. [He won't say more until he's had his first drink.] Were you lonely or did you have something you wanted to forget?

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[knaving]

[ Don't be a rich snob Edgar. ]

Can I say all of the above?

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[refinedvillain]

[He's had worse.]

Does the latter have to do with the former?

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[knaving]

Don't those two usually coincide?

[ I SAID DON'T BE A RICH SNOB. ]

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[refinedvillain]

[He's drinking the cheap beer with him!]

Hn. Possibly. Then, it seems we should get started. [Another sip.]

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[knaving]

You got experience with this sort of thing?

[ Sipping is for babies. CHUG IT. ]

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[refinedvillain]

I believe most of us have. Those who haven't most likely haven't had much else.

[He's not at the chugging level.]

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[knaving]

Your story involve a lady too?

[ He will be by the time this conversation is over. ]

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[refinedvillain]

[He hadn't even come there to tell a story but hey. He'll smile, though his eyes will go to the beer.]

Isn't it always? Other problems seem easier to solve. [Says the man in prison.]

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[knaving]

She here? Your girl, I mean.

[ Despite the blunt question he did look sympathetic. ]

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[refinedvillain]

...As much as I wish she were somewhere safer. [While still happy to have her near.] Yours?

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[knaving]

Fortunately or unfortunately. I'm still tryin' to figure out which one is more true.

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[refinedvillain]

Is the 'unfortunately' for you or for her?

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[knaving]

I couldn't even tell ya, mate. Is meetin' up with someone ya love in prison ever a good thing?

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[refinedvillain]

Meeting up with?

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[knaving]

We didn't exactly come here as a pair.

[ He probably shouldn't be any more specific than that... ]

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[refinedvillain]

Then it's a past relationship that ended on less than ideal terms?

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[knaving]

Yes and no.

[ Why did people ask so many bloody questions? ]

I thought she was in my past, but I was never over her. We were gonna give it another go, then things... sort of happened. I don't know if I should trust her again after all.

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[refinedvillain]

[Ah, so that's what this side of that conversation was like.]

And what would that be?

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[knaving]

I can't really say, mate. Just things that makes a man wonder.

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[refinedvillain]

Hm. [Another drink of his own.] Then, even if we can't drink them away, let us drink enough to enjoy the moment.

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[knaving]

[ That had been a little too eloquent for the mood Will was in. ]

Right. Whatever it is you said. I agree, I mean.

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[refinedvillain]

[Good enough for him. Rather than sharing, Edgar will just allow the two to drink.]