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That makes it... a little more clear. [ He's still not sure how much he can lower his walls. ] I can try, but you can't expect me to be perfect at it right away.

…that’s fair. [ he will do his best not to smother him. ] Now you tell me what you want, if anything, out of this.

I want to be able to... rely on you, too. I want to trust that you won't betray me. [ or abandon him, but that's harder to say ]

I'll be there for you, Wanderer. [ he holds a hand out to him. ]

[ He hesitates, but he does take his hand. ] ...I'll choose to believe you. This time.

[ he tugs him close, leaning over his shoulder to whisper, ] I promise.

[ He's momentarily startled, stiffening up... but he relaxes into him to whisper back. ] ...and you know what happens if you break a promise.

I know. But I promise to do my best. I don't want you to get hurt again. [ betrayed, that is. ]

...I can't say I fully trust you yet, but I'll believe you. I'll try not to push you away.

I understand and feel similarly...

But I appreciate it. We'll make this work.

As much as we can, anyway...

As much as we can.

[ He pulls away. ] Now that that's settled... I suppose this means you also feel better than yesterday?

Let's not go that far. We'll work on one thing at a time. [ he gets up from his bed. ] What were you plans for the rest of the day?

Whatever. It's good enough for now.

...I don't know. I didn't really have much of a plan other than continuing to scavenge. Maybe mark off areas close to the border so no one else electrocutes themselves.

Unless it's that one guy. He can electrocute himself all he likes.

Did you want to go at it alone or?

We do still need to find him and throw him into it.

Is this your way of offering to come with?

We should find another spot where the fence is and lead him over there somehow. Get it on video. Do these stupid phones even do that? Maybe a picture will be enough.

He seemed pretty sure that they could. I bet I can figure it out.

If we fake a fight, you could probably make it look like we're actually luring me out there to throw me into it. Then we double cross him.

We could do that... but I think it would be funnier if he ran into it himself. c'Mon, just imagine him making a b-line for what he thinks is an open field and then bzzt!

You don't think he's too cautious for that? How would we even convince him to come out with us after our very obvious threats?

…you’re probably right. And because the fence is going to be relatively far out if we try leading him there he’s just going to be overly suspicious.

It's also probably very likely to kill him, considering what it did to you.

...yeah, and do we want to sic that stupid team on ourselves? Part of the reason I'm thinking we make it 'an accident'.

I'm not afraid of them. It might be difficult to make it look like an accident if we're deliberately videoing it, but I'm sure we can figure something out.

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