Thirty-ninth rebirth [Video]

[neverquitedies]

[The PCD clicks on, and Yuca looks a little curious- he hasn't realized it's turned on at first, he's too busy typing away, trying to run a program or two on it, frowning slightly in concentration.]

D.

[Clicking away, muttering a little to himself.]

O. R. A. -

[There's nothing there for a moment, and his face goes completely blank. For a

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[ahandsomedevil]

I don't know who that is, but I'm certainly up for raiding someone's home.

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[neverquitedies]

By saving him.

[He yawns. Now that he's here, further away, it's easier to be detached, dispassionate.]

Save a man's life, and if he dies after, it's your fault. Sorry if I'm being cryptic, but I think you've stolen away quite enough of my secrets for now, don't you?

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[ahandsomedevil]

For now, perhaps.

Although I'll see your cryptic answer with a proverb: Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and if he dies it's not really your responsibility anymore.

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[neverquitedies]

Teach a man to fish and abandon him in the ocean and it just might be, mister Horst.

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[ahandsomedevil]

The ocean is bountiful. That just makes you sound overly generous.

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[neverquitedies]

You really are sweet, behind your roguish exterior.

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[ahandsomedevil]

So I'm not the only one who got away from our game with the other's secrets. That one is closely guarded.

[And you can't see him smile!]

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[neverquitedies]

You should keep a tighter reign on it then. I could see it easily from a mile away.

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[ahandsomedevil]

I don't believe that for a moment! I had you gambling in a church!

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[neverquitedies]

We weren't- betting on anything material. In my defense.

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[ahandsomedevil]

That's because secrets are so much more interesting.

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[neverquitedies]

It wasn't all secrets, Horst. Unless you kissing Santa's Helper on Christmas is really that closely guarded.

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[ahandsomedevil]

But it is. Johannes has selective memory, my parents are dead--God rest their souls--and I'm sure the Helper has had many better kisses to block that one from her mind.

So that leaves you and me.

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[neverquitedies]

Well, I suppose I should be honored then.

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[ahandsomedevil]

Well if that doesn't flatter you, I have other embarrassing stories no one alive knows about.

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[neverquitedies]

I'm very anxious to hear about them, in that case!