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[[ diablo: population -2 ]]
Apr. 14th, 2009 11:55 pmwhitetextiswhite
[ "ready to go visit your big hole in the desert?" ]
They spend a long damn time looking at Esfir's crater -- not that Ben minds. He doesn't know if he's ever seen her this still.
It's well past mid-afternoon when they clamber down and return to the horses.
"Y'know, you handled yourself awful well in town, Lieutenant," he says once they're in the saddle and heading southwest with no real destination in mind. "Diablo's meaner'n Dodge City and Tombstone put together."
A beat.
"Sometimes."
Another beat.
"Reckon it depends on my whereabouts at the time."
[ "ready to go visit your big hole in the desert?" ]
They spend a long damn time looking at Esfir's crater -- not that Ben minds. He doesn't know if he's ever seen her this still.
It's well past mid-afternoon when they clamber down and return to the horses.
"Y'know, you handled yourself awful well in town, Lieutenant," he says once they're in the saddle and heading southwest with no real destination in mind. "Diablo's meaner'n Dodge City and Tombstone put together."
A beat.
"Sometimes."
Another beat.
"Reckon it depends on my whereabouts at the time."
