div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 8px 0px 15px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"After a few hours, I'm struggling to focus and my speech is slurred. However, the entire night has been spent laughing maniacally at the ghoul that I've been cuddled up with. Hancock can handle his liquor much better than me, but he's also been alternating between huffing on Jet and popping Mentats. His favorite combination - chasing the upper and then riding the downer - it led to hilarious conversations./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""Holy SHIT! Do you remember that fucking molerat - that thing went absolutely flying!" He laughs uproariously, nearly toppling the rusty metal table in front of us, clutching his knees for support. Tears of laughter fill my eyes as I try to stifle my giggles. My makeup is likely ruined but the alcohol is dulling my concerns./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""We have sure had some crazy times together…" The fiery sting of whiskey rushes down my throat./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"I swing in place before slumping against his shoulder and looking up in admiration at the handsome ghoul sitting beside me. He inclines his head to meet my gaze./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""And, my love, this is just the start. You know being here with you is the best damn thing that's ever happened to me… right?" He swoons, maintaining his stare. Even beyond the alcohol, I can easily uncover the arousal beyond his eyes. If he could, he would probably just have me - right here and now./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"I slide my hand clumsily across his thigh, towards his groin and, with it, I catch a swollen erection beneath the fabric of his slacks. Chewing at my lip, I avert my eyes down to admire it. The visible bulging lump is enough to send a flood of liquid trickling into my panties./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"With unwavering determination, I maintain the rubbing motion, stimulating his cock beneath the layers of his clothing. Placing my lips against his neck, I tenderly bite down on the elastic flesh nestled there./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""I want you…" I whisper as I move up his neck to connect with his lips. He clashes messily against me, using his tongue to greedily explore my mouth. Our intoxication leads to sloppy, wet kisses. Gripping a fistful of my hair, he pulls me away and holds me in place just inches from his face. The palpable presence of his breath, generating a sensation of warmth against my lips, coincides with the slow, deliberate advance of his other hand towards my thighs, where it delicately brushes against the damp fabric of my underwear. His fingers linger there for a brief moment of stillness, before eventually retracting back./p
/div
div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""Not yet…" Releasing my hair, he jerks me back into position, then promptly seizes his half-full glass once more. Even though he's not making eye contact, I can detect the smile playing on his thin lips, understanding that he's driving me wild./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""You think you can be a little more patient, dollface? It's not even midnight yet!"/p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"I pout and tightly cross my legs. Trying to ignore the swollen heat of my cunt between them./p
/div
div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"While Hancock throws back another shot - my eyes roam the bar. The noise has diminished noticeably as a large portion of the previous attendees have either retired to their rooms at the Hotel Rexford or are congregated around various tables, showing signs of weariness from their festivities. /p
/div
div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"I recognize a lot of them - regular faces around Goodneighbor. Some of them are residents, some traders, some mercenaries looking for work, or lost souls that just couldn't stay away from The Memory Den. But there are also some unfamiliar faces./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"Across the room, a group of unkempt women who appear to be raiders are seated around one of the small metal tables. Since they are not causing any disturbances, they are being treated with the same level of acceptance as everyone else (at least for the time being). Two tables over from me and Hancock, an unknown elderly ghoul couple catches my eye. I can't help but smile fondly as I observe the man lovingly place his jacket around his partner's shoulders, shielding her from the chilly breeze./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"I quickly shift my focus from table to table, until my attention finally lands on a man by himself, near the back room. Despite the distance between us, and the fact that his eyes are completely obscured underneath a cowboy hat, I can tell that he's a ghoul. The flickering candlelight on the table casts dancing shadows across his face, highlighting the dark, mottled skin and the void in place of his nose. He absentmindedly manipulates an object in his hands. When the spotlights shift to him, a glimmer from the item catches my eye. Is it a knife?/p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"I gently prod Hancock, who is lounging on the sofa with his tricorn hat covering his face, having just indulged in more jet./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""Hey, who's that over there?"/p
/div
div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"Offended that I've interrupted his high, he adjusts his hat to shoot me a perplexed look before following the direction of my gaze to the stranger in the corner. After a moment of absent observation, he furrows his brow and shakes his head to refocus after using so many chems./p
/div
div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""No idea. Can't say I've seen him around before…"/p
/div
div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"Hancock's expression contorts into a subtle frown, emanating a hint of concern at the realization that there's a person in Goodneighbor whom he has yet to meet. Unperturbed, he picks up the bigger of the two whiskey bottles left on the table, gently swirling its contents to gauge how much remains./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""Let's go and introduce ourselves!"/p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"Before I can react, he drunkenly seizes my wrist and yanks me to my feet. All at once, the whiskey rushes to my head. I stumble behind my excited companion, struggling to walk in a straight line./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"Hancock staggers towards the shadowy man with no hesitation. He recognizes the potential danger but takes a silent comfort in the fact that every able-bodied person in the bar would come to his aid in an instant, should something go wrong. Then again, he is perfectly capable of fighting his own battles, even when completely inebriated - he doesn't require anyone's help. I have observed this firsthand on multiple occasions./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"Hancock pulls out a chair opposite the stranger, its metal feet chiming against the concrete floor. The sound captures the man's attention. He watches us inquisitively from under his hat while reaching into his pocket to retrieve a small, rusted tin of cigarettes. Despite both of them remaining completely silent, Hancock is already pouring whiskey into the man's glass. I tentatively take a seat on the chair between them. The stranger places a cigarette between his gnarled lips and speaks through it./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""Can I help you?" He ignites the cigarette, nonchalantly discarding the used match to the ground. Reminiscent of Hancock, his voice is coarse from radiation, except it's complemented by a smooth southern drawl. It's strangely appealing. And I'm seriously drunk. Before I can stop myself, words begin to tumble out of my mouth./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""Are you like… a real cowboy!?"/p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"Both his and Hancock's movements cease abruptly, and although only a moment passes, it stretches out into what seems like an eternity. The dread of my careless remark hits me as I comprehend the implications of saying something so silly to a complete (and possibly dangerous) stranger./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"Their eyes meet briefly before turning back to me. The stranger lifts his head, unveiling a clearer look at his face. His complexion is much darker than Hancock's, with a rubbery texture that appears less ridged. His eyes are also different from Hancock's, with the whites still visible and large black-brown pupils surrounded by red forking blood vessels. His serious demeanor shifts slightly as a smile snakes across his lips and he twists his head to examine me with curiosity./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""Well, fuck me! Ain't you just an adorable little smoothskin?"/p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"He inhales deeply on his cigarette, and nods in a gesture of approval towards Hancock, leaning forward purposefully to reach for his newly acquired glass of whiskey./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""I guess you could say I am a cowboy - something like that."/p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"It is quite apparent from the way he is speaking that he is also somewhat drunk. He sways slightly in his spot as he gulps down his drink, forcefully placing the empty glass on the metallic surface and then proceeding with his cigarette. Hancock unveils his own tin and pops a Mentat into his mouth, extending the same to the stranger. The ghoul eyes him with a touch of suspicion momentarily, before snatching one and avidly consuming it./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""Hell - would you look at this for hospitality!" He chortles. Hancock smirks at him, his eyes droopy with alcohol./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""That's just what you get when you come to Goodneighbor, my friend! Of the people, for the people!" I discreetly reach out beneath the table to grip Hancock's knee, half-wondering if he's still hard. Instead, mindful of the presence of another man, I let it rest there, protectively./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""Yeah, I dunno about all that horseshit. But - free booze and drugs will get me on your side, ain't no doubt about that."/p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"His teeth are yellow and his lips are dry. Nevertheless, he's handsome - just like Hancock. Not all ghouls are handsome… some are more decayed than others or, simply, lack the accompanying charisma. Luck of the draw, I suppose./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"Observing Hancock lean back in his chair, I am somewhat surprised that the flimsy support can withstand his unsteady weight./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""I'm Hancock - I'm the mayor 'round here." His hand tightens on my shoulder as he gestures toward me with a tilt of his head. "And this… this is my girl." /p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"A surge of blood rushes to my cheeks. em style="font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"His girl/em. The dampness that still clings to my panties acts as a stark reminder, reigniting my keen awareness of the heat building once more between my thighs./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"The stranger curls up one corner of his mouth, exposing his gritted teeth. It seems more like a snarl than a smile. After making brief eye contact with me, he rummages for another cigarette. He extends one to Hancock, but not to me./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"His lack of introduction prompts Hancock to glimpse over at me momentarily with a flash of worry splayed across his features. Regardless, he accepts a cigarette from the man and lights it, illuminating the grooved skin on his face./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""You staying at the Rexford?" In an attempt to fill the heavy silence, I ask innocently the first thing that comes to mind. The ghoul pours himself another glass of whiskey./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""You mean that shithole hotel round the corner? Nah… I've got a little camp set up just down the way… Prefer it that way."/p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""I feel ya. Sometimes - better to just keep to yourself to yourself - sure fire way to stay outta any trouble."/p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"Hancock attempts to express solidarity with the man in an effort to establish some connection. In contrast, the ghoul consistently casts glances in each of our directions with an air of indifference, yet appears quite pleased to continue to help himself to our collection of chems and alcohol./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;"Other than his beige cowboy hat, he sports a long black duster coat that is frayed and tattered at the hem. Beneath it, he has on several grimy layers of clothing and armor. A quick look down by his side reveals a leather belt with numerous large rounds and a shoulder bag - presumably holstering weapons (and who knows what else)./p
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div class="k31gt" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Favorit, 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 15px 0px; font-size: 16px; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: rgba(var(-black),.4)rgba(var(-white),.1); white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; min-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px var(-post-padding) 0px var(-post-padding);"
p style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;""Well, you don't mind if we drink with you for a while, do ya?" Hancock asks eagerly, extending yet another Mentat to our new friend. The ghoul doesn't respond - just nods inattentively./p
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