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[expatriates]

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[ tightly. ]

I require your assistance.

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[ As much as part of her wants to point out that he hasn't quite earned a favor, she's more interested in seeing where this goes. ]

With what?

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Self-restraint.

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[ Compelling cause, even if she's not sure she was ever trained to deprogram instinct. ]

I'm listening.

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The one person who I trusted to kill me should I lose control has left. I'm not having... an easy night.

[ he's struggling not to think about how many people he could kill before anyone even tried to stop him. or more importantly, he's struggling to care. ]

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Falling back on old habits is easy when there's no one looking over your shoulder. [ And redemption is easy until you're accountable for your own. Natasha knows those things firsthand. She quickly adds, ] I can be in Maurtia Falls in a half hour. [ Because following his incident, she'd kept tabs. She'd be an idiot not to. ]

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Bring a stake, if you have one.

[ or can fashion one out of something, or pluck one from someone's garden on the way, he's not fussy. ]

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[ For once, Natasha isn't sure whether or not to interpret that as a bad joke. Given the circumstances, she opts for better safe than sorry and decides to break the handle off a wooden gardening tool in her apartment complex's courtyard before making her way to the Porter and into MF. ]

I've got a better idea: don't make me need one.

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