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So uh, you continue as the awkwardness starts to settle in, did he meet any of the other boneheads around here? Stripes? Cliff? Andre? Haulie-Paulie?
“Cliff, huh? He the one with the denim jacket and the funny hair?” Asks Gramps as he visibly ponders the names.
“Dat’ don’t really narrow it down, does it?” Asks Ly as you respond with a half-hearted nod. Yea, you say with middling confidence in your voice, sure!
“Yep, I met him.” Concludes The Marshal as he leans back in his chair. “Though I suppose it’s more right to say he met me–we’d barely rode in through that hellishly-large gate outside when he and a few others greeted us at the entrance…” Running his bony fingers through his ashen beard, the skeleton raises an eyebrow your way. “Why?”
He’s your pal, you reply in a matter-of-fact tone! That and he’s been running the show up here for a while now.
“Figured as such… somber feller, ain’t he? The boy certainly seems to carry a burden or two on them shoulders of his.” Muses Gramps. “I don’t much envy his position–carin’ after <span class="mu-g">JOPLIN’</span> a big enough job as-is.”
Yep, you nod, not envying him either, you hate corralling assholes too!
“Yup, he didn’t seem to care much for it either!” Laughs Pops before leaning closer to you. “Anywho, he seems harmless enough… a little gloomy, though. He mentioned ya’, by the way. Spoke pretty highly of what you’ve done.”
Can you blame him? You <span class="mu-i">ARE</span> pretty incredible!
“Take care of that big head, missy, or it’ll pop off an’ roll away…” Mutters the lawman ina dismissive tone. “Still, it does an’ old man’s heart good ta’ hear talk of his progeny, ‘specially when ya’ only hear good things.”
Did he say anything else? Mention any plans for tomorrow?
“Plan’s simple enough: we do what that kooky magician ordered us to do and strike when the time’s right.” He explains with staggering detail. “Cliff said he’d fill you in later tonight–can’t say much more than that.”
Fine, you pout, but you ain’t happy about it!
“I didn’t come here ta’ make you <span class="mu-i">happy</span>!” Snarls Gramps! “Don’t like it, ask the man himself!”
<span class="mu-i">FINE</span>, you repeat, maybe you WILL! LATER!
>CONTD.
