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  1. Public Bookmark 54

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    Two glassy blue eyes look down at Shiro from the bed of the pickup truck. The dog is huge, white and dove gray markings reminiscent of a wolf, and a thick coat built for the winter to come. Shiro blinks up at the dog, and the dog looks back. He can’t resist:

    “Hello there,” Shiro says, friendly.

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    Shiro begins a new career in the sprawling Alaskan wilderness. He expects to fly. He doesn't expect to fall in love.

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    Back in London, an old enemy of the Agency is back to cause trouble. Niko's life is at stake, and the emotional dynamics between the other three members of the Agency are not quite as solid as they really should be, when facing someone as dangerous as Fomorac.

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    “Were you like Brad and Hunter, when you were alive?” Niko asked dubiously.

    Charles stilled. “Well—maybe. I think I was always a little bit different from other guys, to be honest,” he said, like he was confessing something. “My old mates were definitely cut from the same cloth, though.”

    “Oh,” Niko realized. “Is that why you want them to be good guys? They remind you of your friends?”

    “Er…” Charles trailed off. He squished the ball of PlayDoh in his hands. Gray showed between his fingers. “Not exactly. My old mates weren’t, ah. Well. They weren’t good guys, in the end. I mean, Brad and Hunter do remind me of them. A lot, actually. But it’s more like, it would be really nice to know that guys like James or Pete could be nice.” He contemplated the dough in his hands with a small frown. “I just wonder, if those guys had been born a little later, maybe they would have turned out better? Maybe we might have been alright.”

    Niko followed his gaze. Charles seemed to be getting PlayDoh residue on his fingers. They were turning gray, now, too.

    “Were your friends nice to you?” Niko asked, suddenly worried.

    Charles met her eyes, but he had a faraway look on his face. “Sometimes,” he said. 

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    Edwin stumbled and choked on a laugh. Charles kept a solid hold on him so he wouldn’t fall. “What exactly do you call this style?”

    “It’s an underground dance,” Charles said dismissively. “Doesn’t have a name. It was all the rage in my day though, trust me.”

    Edwin laughed out loud this time. “Of course, I forgot about the ballroom dance craze of 1987.”

    “Exactly. Now hold on!” Edwin knew Charles well enough by now to intuit what he meant, and he latched onto Charles’ shoulder with a death grip just before Charles dipped him low to the ground.

    “You’re going to drop me!” he sputtered. Charles laughed and hauled him back up. They both knew full well that Charles would do no such thing. Edwin just liked to act scandalized for the fun of it.

    “Have I ever dropped you before?” Charles asked smugly, falling back into a two-step.

    “There’s a first time for everything,” Edwin retorted.

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    Edwin knows nobody will come for him.

    It’s maybe the worst part of being down here again. Hell had been an unending torment for seventy years, and then he’d been free, and now he’s here again, and he knows somewhere deeper than logic that he doesn’t have the strength to pull himself out a second time. And nobody will come for him.

    He whispers it to himself, huddled into the corner, arms wrapped around his legs. He speaks for the doubtful comfort of hearing his own voice, in between the moments where his personal torturer gives chase, and he is forced to run even though he knows he’ll never get away. Nobody’s coming for you. He’s not coming for you. You’re alone. You’re as alone down here as you were back on Earth. You have nobody to blame but yourself. You. Are. Alone.

    He’s never going to see Charles again.

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