"I only caught the end of it, but okay. Chainsaw's... a total bastard, frankly, but he's got his moments. Apparently he had a few of 'em with Steve. Unfortunately, Chainsaw has a job as a torturer where he's from and he's not exactly subtle about it. Steve found out. They argued. Steve took off."
Knock. Knock.
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Val crosses her arms.
"Okay, now I'm asking."
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Slowly: "All right, Pyth, be straight with me here. This Chainsaw-- is he a decent guy?"
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She thinks of ten thousand years' torture for fun and profit.
She thinks of the way he talks about Nita, and the way he doesn't talk about her, and what those two mean.
She thinks of Jazz.
She thinks of Will.
"...Yeah," she says at last, very quietly. "These days, yeah. He is."
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Val grins.
"You see if you can get him on board; I'll see about Steve. I wanna meet him, though. Chainsaw. Gotta see for myself, y'know?"
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Grin: returned.
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