Time: The night of Fourth Fist’s linking
Place: Answerer’s quarters
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Answerer (whispering) : Showtime.
*a button is pressed, music begins playing*
*music continues for several minutes*
*slight bang*
Answerer: Aaaagh!
Prevailer: Heh
Answerer: *heavy breathing*
Prevailer: Some future see-er you are. Can’t even tell when your boss is going to drop in on you. Say…what’s this music?
Answerer: I’m sorry, Boss. It’s just something that Reverter made for-
Prevailer: Shit, I know this song. This is “I’m right behind you, motherfucker”. This is great! I had this cd, way back in the day.
Answerer: It’s Yours.
Prevailer: No, you are mine. Stuff belongs to whoever is holding it. Only people can get scared enough to have owners.
Answerer: As You say.
Prevailer: Do the thing. See the future.
Answerer: *humming noise*
Answerer: Ask.
Prevailer: Fourth Fist is getting Linked tonight, if you were right about that. When I ask them what they want, what will they ask for?
Answerer: There are many possibilities.
Prevailer: *knuckle cracking sound*
Answerer: My apologies, Boss. I mean that how You ask them will pick what they ask for. What do You want them to ask for?
Prevailer: Something that isn’t too much trouble.
Answerer: They are mostly scared of annoying You. None of their requests will task Your resources.
Prevailer: Ok, well, mostly I want Dale to be cool with it when we fuck. What’s the best way to ask them so they ask for something that makes that happen.
Answerer: If you send Subtracter to test their Link by killing…