（ ask him if consequences scare him, viv. this man has never met a consequence he didn't immediately try to make himself the sole inheritor of. he lets his attention drift back to the playing board, and after a moment's consideration he moves one of the abalone pieces a level nearer the surface.
then: ）
Could one choose to stay, then? Alongside you both.
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then: ）
Could one choose to stay, then? Alongside you both.