"I seen him around," Cricket says. "Ain't spoken to him. He looks busy."
He smiles weakly at Palmer. "Maybe I ought to stop by an' talk to him sometime soon, though."
He rests his chin in his hands pensively and gives a little shrug. "Seems like kind of a waste all around, is all. They didn't get what they wanted from me, just got shot. I didn't get what I wanted from them--for them to just leave peacefully--and since they busted the door to the place down, it's been looted since. People're gettin' desperate, and in the end ain't no one coming out of this without a scratch."
He sounds grim, but not panicked. He's a child of Prohibition, Depression, and poverty the likes of which some other Nexus residents have never seen. "You start watchin' your back any time, a'ight? Best if we work together, but not everyone's gonna see it that way."
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He smiles weakly at Palmer. "Maybe I ought to stop by an' talk to him sometime soon, though."
He rests his chin in his hands pensively and gives a little shrug. "Seems like kind of a waste all around, is all. They didn't get what they wanted from me, just got shot. I didn't get what I wanted from them--for them to just leave peacefully--and since they busted the door to the place down, it's been looted since. People're gettin' desperate, and in the end ain't no one coming out of this without a scratch."
He sounds grim, but not panicked. He's a child of Prohibition, Depression, and poverty the likes of which some other Nexus residents have never seen. "You start watchin' your back any time, a'ight? Best if we work together, but not everyone's gonna see it that way."