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“Like… I thought that maybe being with you constantly, like every single minute of the day, would… I mean you’re probably gonna go somewhere else, yknow? You’ve never talked about staying in San Francisco like I have and I thought that if we took this trip it’d take some of the… some of the shine off you, or whatever, make it easier.”

“Oh,” says Eddie.

“Yeah, but it hasn’t, you’re still kind of… you’re still shiny.”

“Well,” says Eddie.

“So go easy.” He laughs, kind of bitter, kind of weird. He shuts his eyes. “When you leave, I mean. Make it… make it gentle.”

I want to have a look at you in your costume before you go. I see you’re going to carry a whip. Have you warned Johnny so he can also arm himself?