[For Buck]

[yo_babe]

Babe ain't as salty as he was a few days ago, but he still can't shake the thought that they're all not as far from violence as they'd though. Islands are supposed to be Utopias, but Babe's never heard of one where someone can just kill like that. It's all got him thinking about things he don't really wanna think about, how people have these

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[fourforone]

I turn when I hear the door open, having expected Babe to have been there already, but I got no problem waiting and I give him a nod for greeting. Stone sober today, seeing as I got an important task to do. "Hey, Babe," I greet. "Hope you don't mind company. Figured I'd just crash in your bed a day or two, then I'll be outta your hair."

[yo_babe]

"Yeah," Babe sets the bag down near the door and nods. "Yeah, sure." It doesn't occur to him that Buck might not be joking about the bed, so Babe claps him on the shoulder and sits on the mattress. He rubs his palms awkwardly on the sheet a couple of times, then asks, "Where ya goin' afterwards?"

[fourforone]

I just arch a brow and gesture with my chin to the pillow of mine I've brought with me and a passel of other things that had to go from the room that got all shot to pieces. I'll live in that in France, maybe Germany, but it's not the war anymore and no way in hell I'm staying there.

They'll make their repairs. "Well, I'll see if George and his girl want three in the bed," I joke dryly. "I'll only be here a couple days though. Swear. You won't even notice me."

[yo_babe]

Yeah, sure he ain't gonna notice Buck, and he damn sure don't like the idea of Buck having to search for a place to sleep. And, maybe he's just bein' gullible, but he's still staring at Buck like he's got a second head coming out of his neck.

"Not notice ya?" he says. "When you'd snore a damn bear under the table?" He doesn't know, not really 'cause he ain't seen Buck sleep a wink, even when they were all so tired, the only thing keeping them up was the cold. He gestures with his hand as if to say Fuhggit about it. "It ain't the four star accommodations of a foxhole, but ya can stay as long as ya need."