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[throughbamboo]

[tilts his head, making a thoughtful noise]

Well . . . I was in prison for a long time, bro. An' far as I can tell, I was never supposed to come back.

Who're the guy an' the girl?

[doggonemad]

Mm, an' I was feelin' real fuckin' guilty 'bout that.

Was a guy named Kiryu. Big guy, looked real strong, too. Prob'ly fun as hell ta fight. We threw down at the battin' center.

[throughbamboo]

[just gives him a little nudge at the first part.

But at the second, his eyebrows furrow]

Kiryu? The guy on the roof?

[doggonemad]

Huh?

[throughbamboo]

In my last vision. Gray suit, red shirt? That who you're talkin' 'bout?

[doggonemad]

Yeah! That's the one! That guy.

[throughbamboo]

Huh . . .

He did look strong.

[doggonemad]

Pretty strong, yeah. I get the feelin' I was holdin' back against him in our fight.

[throughbamboo]

Y'were holdin' back? Why's that?

[doggonemad]

Dunno. Must've been a good reason!

[throughbamboo]

Must've been. Why were ya fightin'?

[doggonemad]

. . . 'cause I wanted a fight.

[throughbamboo]

Hmmm.

[doggonemad]

What was he doin' in yers!

[throughbamboo]

Negotiatin' with that Katsuragi fucker.

[doggonemad]

Oh fuck that guy. Good bein' a distraction fer me though.

[throughbamboo]

Mmm. Couldn't tell ya why I know him, though.

Ya just wanted a fight with him, eh?

[doggonemad]

Somethin' like that! S'clear ta me that I ain't got the full story there.

[throughbamboo]

Figured that.

Just tell me ya don't wanna talk about it, bro. Yer a shit liar.

[doggonemad]

Ain't lyin' if I ain't sayin' shit.

But naw I don't wanna talk 'bout it.

[throughbamboo]

We don't gotta, then.

Y'mentioned a girl, too? When ya were younger?

[doggonemad]

Yeah. I'd lost my eye by then an' you were gone, but my hair was longer, all tied back. Tried to stop this girl from dealin' with these yakuza an' she got shot.

[throughbamboo]

They shot her? Fuckers . . . she make it?

I can't see ya with long hair, though.

[doggonemad]

Dunno. She was in surgery, but that's all I got.

[throughbamboo]

Ah . . . I'll hope for the best, then. Sorry she got hurt.