Title: loyalty
A/N: Written for the zine's bonus page!
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Ash remembers: Shorter's grin as he calls his name, his hand already reaching out for him. A man quick to with a knife, quicker to anger, and quickest to forgive. The smell of pork from Nadia's dumplings every time they meet, an extra one in hand because 'you look like a skeleton, man'. The single ring before Shorter picks up the phone, ready for anything.
Ash remembers and answers, "He didn't betray me."