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[handsomejack]

Looks like I missed an exciting weekend.

Anthony, are you doing all right?

Kyle, were there pictures?

I remembered that I was going to put in a pond for the ducks. Would it be all right if I came over and started work on that? I imagine they're getting to a point where the bathtubs are too small.

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[coffeenspeed]

No

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[handsomejack]

I've killed thousands of people, Anthony. Some in war, some not. I've sacrificed children, sent them to their death and I killed my own grandson while my daughter screamed and battered on the door, forced to watch.

I did these things and more but not because I needed to in order to survive.

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[coffeenspeed]

Like a loaded gun?

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[handsomejack]

Sometimes.

Other times I made the decisions.

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[coffeenspeed]

If I say I understand what you're saying but I want to stay your friend, will you think I'm stupid or will you find it comforting?

Because... I don't think I can handle more than one crisis of faith at the time.

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[handsomejack]

I won't say one or the other, Anthony. I ... I've changed, since I left and I hope I've learned some important lessons so I am in no position to advise you on how you should or shouldn't feel.

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[coffeenspeed]

But you wouldn't mind if we stayed friends, right?

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[handsomejack]

No, of course I wouldn't mind, Anthony. What gave you the impression I would?

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[coffeenspeed]

I didn't want to assume... You said it yourself,you've changed. Maybe I'd be cramping your style or something...

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[handsomejack]

I don't have a style, Anthony. I just wake up, try to get through one day to the next and hope it will be a little easier the next time.

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[coffeenspeed]

THat sounds terribly like the way I'll be going through the next couple of days...

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[handsomejack]

It's not so bad, Anthony. You have friends who will be there for you. Let them.

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[coffeenspeed]

One of my friends,I'm now scared of, the other one if probably going through some bigger and more serious things than I do... Kyle will probably just yell at me and I don't want to worry Ianto... That... limits my options. But it's okay... I'll just, you know, cope.

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[handsomejack]

I think you have more friends than that, Anthony and Ianto can be a great source of clear thinking. Also, Shalimar could be willing to listen and help.

Kyle yells because he worries.

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[coffeenspeed]

It feels like an overkill, to involve people who have other things on their mind in something as insignificant.

Hell, I wouldn't say anything to you, if... you know.

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[handsomejack]

I wasn't good at sticking my nose in to things?

Talk to Ianto, Anthony. Seriously.