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Should've seen that one coming. I'm gonna guess that mutual benefit and gratitude aren't enough for you. So, uh. Let's think this one through. Golden Glider's not here, and you don't care about your friends. I can't police a ban on poker and booze, so that leaves…

[ The sound of a finger snap. ]

I'll keep not starting a rumor that you were the victim of a tragic circumcision accident.

Given so far you've mostly aggressively threatened me and I don't even know you, I don't think I've got a lot of reason to trust anything you promise me.

[There's a snort, not a gasp.]

I don't know. Keep that one on the back-burner, maybe I need it if I get too popular. What do you want, kid?

Yet. You don't know me yet.

Fff. You wish you'd get that pop- yeah fine. [ Oh right, appeasing. He's supposed to be appeasing. ]

There's, uh. There's this old dude here. He's. He's my uncle. I don't want him to know what's gonna to happen to me. And I blabbed it to you.

Sorry to disappoint you, kiddo, but the version of me I am ain't ever getting to know anyone else back home.

[Lacking popularity has never really been his issue, one way or the other.]

I've met him. There's people here. Piper and Mick.

You don't blab to them, I don't blab to anyone. Including your uncle. So keep your mouth and temper in check.

Why not? They say we'll probably go home. Most people do.

[ Bart places an undue amount of faith in the government, because it's usually a solid bet. ]

Yeah, yeah. I know. I haven't even talked to Piper yet. On purpose. Actually, he probably thinks that's weird because he's got the ponytail going and that means he thinks he's Flash's bestie.

And I've been leaving Mick alone. Ish. I'm not gonna tell him. I kinda came around to the idea that finding out he offed me will make him give up the good guy experiment early.

I ain't got anywhere left to go, if you catch my drift.

[Len places faith in the fact that being at the centre of an explosion is difficult to survive.]

Then we've an accord. You don't upset Piper or Mick and I'm not gonna bother your uncle with things he doesn't need to know.

[ Oh. The Rogues continually having get-out-of-the-doghouse-free cards is starting to depress him, but Bart can and does imagine how he would feel if he came here while he was drowning on his own blood back home. OK, he'd be a whole lot more pissed - yet he would be less inclined to make waves. What would the point be? ]

Good.

... does this working together thing make you feel as gross as it does me? This is wrong. But. You know. Thanks.

Not really. But I ain't the one with the problem here, I've definitely worked with worse.

You don't gotta thank me though, kid. Especially not if it makes you feel sick.

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