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[quixano]

[ okay, yeah, stupid question. he wasn't thinking about amos's moral code, just -- ]

If I get any pissed off parents breathing down my neck, I just want to know what I'm dealing with

[ james "constantly imagining the earful i'm about to get except when i'm not" holden ]

[innerharbor]

Those kids don't have parents.

Or if they do, they're gonna be more pissed about Gorge and Jasso not bringing back the stembolts.

[quixano]

You know their names?

[innerharbor]

We talked.

Might be spelling them wrong.

[quixano]

So you had a stimulating conversation over chasing them down for our stembolts?

[innerharbor]

They were scared of me. So we talked until they weren't. I told them safer ways to make some change. Black market would have screwed them on stembolt prices anyway.

[quixano]

[ he's not sure what he expected.

but he does know it should've been this. ]

Doesn't sound like much of a shit day to me, you know.

[innerharbor]

Do you know how long it takes to reattach stembolts?

[quixano]

Less time than we'll be hearing Alex complaining about kids messing with the Roci

[innerharbor]

About that. Gonna have to redo the paint job. Stealth operator Jasso is not.

[quixano]

How bad is it?

[innerharbor]

Huge fucking scrapes the size of my face?

And they drew a mustache on the girl. I think it looks nice but I bet Alex will bitch.

[quixano]

[ oh, drags hands down his face. ]

We'll need to fix that first. At least scrapes are par to course.

[innerharbor]

I'll add a new zg-sprayer to our budget.

[quixano]

[ he can't believe he has to consider this scenario now, god, but -- ]

Do it fast. I don't want to be hearing comments about it next time we make contact with someone.

[innerharbor]

You want me to stealth paint the Roci while Alex is out?

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[quixano]

[ honestly? ]

Yes.

[quixano]

Any chance of getting it done before he gets back?

[innerharbor]

Go to the bar on Level 3 and get him bodzha rum. That shit always lays him out.

[quixano]

[ the alternative is, of course, just telling alex they got vandalized and letting him be upset about that.

or holden can get him drunk so he doesn't notice and they can just tell him about it sometime later. ]

Done. I owe him a drink, anyway.

[ to be honest, it's not even about alex. it's nice to have a ridiculous, low-stakes problem every once in a while. ]

[innerharbor]

Then I can get it done before he comes back.

Don't let anybody pinch his wallet or sign some bullshit contract when he's plastered. That shit's your job for once.

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[quixano]

Of course not. I'd never let that happen.

[ to him, or any of them. ]

[quixano]

How much of a problem is that usually?

[innerharbor]

Not really a problem.

Let's call it a hobby.

[quixano]

For you, or for the con artists?