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[bloodandbrass]

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[bloodandbrass]

that was part of it.

[hardlydead]

And the rest of it?

[bloodandbrass]

not your business. just be glad you weren't there.

[hardlydead]

[ well fair enough ]

You wouldn't have wanted me there anyway. I'd make a terrible miner.

[bloodandbrass]

[ he was half expecting a demand or accusation. not getting one irritates him almost as much as if he'd gotten one. ]

glad you know that. you would've gotten fired or killed on day one.

[hardlydead]

Yeah, see, maybe I'm sensitive but I also prefer an employer who doesn't kill you after your first day.

[bloodandbrass]

you fuck up bad enough, you deserve it. you get fired by way of an explosion, that's nobody's fault but yours.

[hardlydead]

It's just hitting rocks, how hard can it be?

[ he's saying it on purpose, david knows better. ]

[bloodandbrass]

[ that's bait, he tells himself, and only just barely manages to avoid rising to it. mostly. ]

would love to see how you handle dynamite.

[hardlydead]

Just don't be next to it when it explodes.

[bloodandbrass]

you sure? because you don't do that with anything else.

[hardlydead]

I've gotten you with enough flashbangs without blinding myself to say otherwise.

[ how many times did that also result in turning and running straight into a trap? listen-- ]

[bloodandbrass]

there's a difference between that and dynamite. you don't outrun dynamite in the ass end of a mine.

[hardlydead]

I'm just saying obviously I know not to be in the blast radius of an explosive.

[bloodandbrass]

knowing and doing are two different things.

doesn't matter. like you said. you'd make a shit miner. nothing left to mine anyway.

[hardlydead]

You mined all the iron?

[bloodandbrass]

collapsed all the tunnels. can't get to what's left.

doubt anything made it here anyway.

[hardlydead]

[ killed everyone, collapsed all the tunnels. hell of a way to deal with an "infestation". ]

Sounds like you didn't like this place that much.

[bloodandbrass]

sometimes you have to destroy what you have to save it.

[ except this is an excuse because david hit on one of the things he doesn't think about anymore, because the dissonance will make things that much worse if he dwells on it too long. good thing he has excuses! ]

[hardlydead]

Sure.

[ absolutely insane logic but okay. he wants to query that word choice too but david elects not to start a fight there ]

[bloodandbrass]

[ don't make him break another phone, plz. ]

i don't expect you to understand, so don't act like you do.

[hardlydead]

Wasn't saying I did. Relax

[bloodandbrass]

[ this time there's no response. evan's still not sure if this conversation was a good idea or not, but it's too late to take it back. ]