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feel free to change pronouns etc as needed!

“ it’s been a tough few days.”

“ it’s been a bad few weeks.”

“ i thought you was reading him his last rites.”

“ i’ll mind you to show me some respect.”

“ you’re still here, then?”

“ i owe you.”

“ and you’ll pay me, but for the moment, just rest.”

“ you want me to come?”

“ i was always ugly. it’s just a scratch.”

“ lie still, son.”

“ you’ve seen me now, or what’s left of me.”

“ guess i was hoping to see a corpse.”

“ he’s an idiot, we all know it.”

“ why are we doing this?”

“ weather’s breaking, we could leave.”

“ i- i thought we was lying low.”

“ i just don’t want anymore folks to die.”

“ we’re living, __, we’re living. look at me, we’re living… even you.”

“ you fancy heading back there?”

“ listen, i ain’t trying to undermine you, i just… i just wanna stick to the plan.”

“ what choice have we got?”

“ sounds like he has more than enough to share.”

“ have you got a problem with that?”

“ not if you keep your head for once.”

“ you worry about yourself, huh?”

“ out of the snow, finally.”

“ feels good, doesn’t it?”

“ you sure you’re ready for this, kid?”

“ no mistakes, not again.”

“ how many times are you going to ask the same question?”

“ that’s a lot of damn money to leave sitting for too long.”

“ it would be crazy to go back there now.”

“ we go back when i say we go back, and that’s the end of it.”

“ the money’s safe. you’ll just have to trust me.”

“ shut up and get your mind on the job at hand. come on.”

“ can i help a little?”

“ just be ready to move quick, and remember the plan. no mistakes.”

“ what’s going on?”

“ everything okay?”

“ shit, no! what? god.”

“ oh, you have got to be kidding me.”

“ where did you find that moron?”

“ you said it was fine.”

“ so it’s my fault?”

“ you’re pathetic. you know that?”

“ pull me up!”

“ i’ve got you. now stop yelling.”

“ well, i hooked up the wire, but we won’t mention that.”

“ you got him? i ain’t got a clear shot.”

“ there better be some money at the end of this.”

“ all these bastards must be guarding something.”

“ where the hell are the others?”

“ shoot ‘em! shoot ‘em!”

“ we’re gonna get out of this.”

“ you’re done now!”

“ let’s get the money and go.”

“ listen to me. we don’t want to kill any of you… any more of ya.”

“ i give you my word.”

“ okay. you asked for it.”

“ five… four… three, two, one…”

“ unless you got a death wish, i’d step back.”

“ we don’t wanna kill you. we just wanna rob your boss.”

“ should be easy as cake.”

“ you’re just gonna stand there, pour me some brandy, will ya?”

“ didn’t see you rushing to jump on that train.”

“ what did you find?”

“ they worth anything?”

“ i think we can probably sell these pretty easily.”

“ what about them?”

“ what do you think?”

“ it’s up to you.”

“ any bright ideas i’ll kill you. so behave.”

“ i won’t tell a soul, i swear!”

“ if i hear so much as a footstep, you’ll end up like all your friends out here.”

“ oh, for lord’s sake. put that book away and go help.”

“ so, we getting out of this hellhole?”

“ we got money in our pockets, the worst is behind us.”

“ so the question is, where now?”

     Back in the day, he wasn’t adopting every street orphan in sight like his name’s Bruce Wayne only to have someone to do the dirty work for him. This mindset did change in time when his opportunistic side started getting the better of him, but at first, he genuinely cared about anyone he was taking under his wings with Hosea. Especially since he’s met most if not all of these people when they were at a fairly low point in their life.

     Later on, in 1899, there are only feeble remains of that Dutch. I’ve already mentioned how Micah was the turning point for his common sense, but I’d say his rationale was becoming questionable around the time his “friendship” with Colm sailed off the course. Besides childish pettiness, Dutch didn’t have a legitimate reason to kill his brother. But when Colm showed that two can play that game and murdered Annabelle, suddenly that was crossing the line. It all began revolving around personal vendetta and Dutch was willing to risk the lives of those he considered his only family.