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[luckydog]

[ Drops them into his hand. ]

Try to make these last, yeah? I'm seriously going to run out within the week at this rate.

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Two a day, unless I have a very bad day. Ten days. How many did you show up with exactly?

[luckydog]

A carton- I've gone through 2 packs already, with another on hold for a trade.

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A wise boy would consider me his only customer.

[luckydog]

What if there's something I want that you can't get me?

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Prove it. What are you getting from that guy?

[luckydog]

Connections.

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Not very useful to you dead, are they? Make connections selling something else.

[luckydog]

They're useful for keeping me alive here. I'm the only one with this open market right now.

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Well, do what you want, but if the time comes for you to lose your heart you'll probably wish you'd traded more wisely.

[luckydog]

Killing me won't make more smokes appear.

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No, but it'll satisfy my other bad habit for a bit.

[luckydog]

Isn't there enough to kill out there?

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I don't really care about killing animals. Honestly, it's pretty boring.

[luckydog]

. . .

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[if i had a liiight

just rubs his thumb over the edge of the pack]

I enjoy the rush of a fight or a fresh wound as much as anyone, boy. But there's no real satisfaction for me in killing animals.

[luckydog]

[ Fiddling with his shirt- no I can't rock the open shirt look. ]

So pick fights with people who'll actually give you a fight back.

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Someone who will stand a chance, you mean? It's a poor villain who worries about things like only murdering the capable.

[luckydog]

You even call yourself a villain?

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Well, obviously. What other sort of person would threaten to kill a decent fellow like you over cigarettes?

[luckydog]

Plenty, from my past experience.

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...oh yes. Jail. Well, those were just criminals I suppose. And frankly I doubt many of them would've gone through with it. But I would even enjoy it. Maybe that's where 'villain' comes from.

[luckydog]

Aren't villains supposed to walk around wearing masks and capes or something? You'd look horrible in those.

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I wore top hats and expensive suits for the most part.

[luckydog]

[ Considering this... ]