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[throughbamboo]

[. . . he sighs, pushing himself up to sit straighter]

Got ya good, lieutenant advisor.

[doggonemad]

Ahhh, fuck. Had a feelin'.

[throughbamboo]

Yeah . . . been holdin' off on tellin' ya.

[doggonemad]

'Cause ya thought I'd get upset?

[ he seems very . . . whatever about the whole reveal. ]

[throughbamboo]

[he shrugs a shoulder]

'Cause I knew ya wouldn't be happy.

That's just me takin' a guess, though.

[doggonemad]

[ sinks back in, eye drifting up at the sky. ]

Ain't happy, that's fer damn sure. But it felt like the writin' was on the wall. Tojo woulda crumbled against the Omi if Hannya Construction hadn't stepped in. Things are all a mess now organizational-wise, too. An' I gotta think about my boys. It ain't just about me.

[ a shrug. ]

I was out, but was I ever really out? Who even knows.

[throughbamboo]

[he nods a bit, running a hand over his head with a sigh]

No one really gets out. 'Least, that's how it seems.

[not unless they're dead but he isn't saying that]

[doggonemad]

Shit like this is all I'm good for.

[ said very matter-of-factly. ]

Fuck. Whatever.

[throughbamboo]

That ain't true an' you know it, bro.

[doggonemad]

Then why're people always bangin' at my door askin' me ta do yakuza shit?

[throughbamboo]

[he considers how to answer that, briefly glancing down with a frown.

Then he looks back up, leaning towards him a bit]

Do ya really need me to explain when it's Kiryu doin' the bangin'?

[doggonemad]

. . .

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[throughbamboo]

'N I know if he asks ya to do somethin', ya do it.

[doggonemad]

I do. Fffffffuckkkkkah.

[throughbamboo]

[the corner of his mouth briefly lifts]

He's done it to me, too.

[doggonemad]

Kiryu-chan fuckin' sucks.

[throughbamboo]

He's a real pain in the ass, ain't he?

[doggonemad]

Shoulda beat the shit outta him more after he got outta prison.

[throughbamboo]

Y'can't beat that outta someone, bro.

[doggonemad]

Were you around Kamurocho last year? 'Cause ya woulda seen it every hour on the hour if ya were.

[throughbamboo]

Nah, I don't get out 'til 2010.

But I heard some 'bout it. Both of ya goin' at it all over the place.

[doggonemad]

Oh yeah. Did my whole scalin' thing an' everythin'. Came up with all these different ways ta get him ta fight me. Worked like a charm.

[throughbamboo]

[his eyebrows furrow]

Whole scalin' thing?

[doggonemad]

Right, I didn't start doin' that until a few years ago.

[ waves a hand. ]

I'm outta so many guys's leagues, it ain't even funny. Fights stopped bein' fun, so I started scalin' myself down to other people's levels. S'a challenge fer me, too, ta find that fine line. Juuuust hard enough that I'm a challenge but not so hard that they can't beat me if they really try. S'a rush.

[throughbamboo]

Huh . . .

[some people might take that as some kind of insult.

Nue just looks intrigued]

'N ya did that for Kiryu?