001 VIDEO LIST ONE

[deadliestviper]

[The screen switches on, revealing a face caked in dirt, covered in dust, streaked with sweat, and smeared with blood. A pair of troubled, if clear, blue eyes look out from it, and then there's a shake of the head, followed by a swirl of long, messy blonde hair – underneath all the grime, the new arrival's a female. She gives a bright smile, the sight slightly disarming on such a gritty face.]

Hi. [Her voice cracks when she speaks and she coughs, then clears her throat.]

Sorry to bother you folks, but it appears I've got some new business to attend to and I'm a little out of sorts. [Her smile turns apologetic, a little self-deprecating. It might be cute if she didn't look like an adult female approximation of Peanuts' Pigpen.] If one of you would be so kind as to point me toward the showers, I'd be in your debt.

[One last thing: her voice lowers, the sparkle gone from her eyes.] Budd... If you're here, I'll find you.

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Re: Spam

[deadliestviper]

That women have war wounds and men have history. [It was something Bill had said while holding and examining her hands when she returned from China. "But this woman," he'd added, "has history of her own to make." He hadn't been wrong about that.] I'm not sure he was right about that, but he had a way with words.

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[lastmanstanding]

[Hoffman is thinking of Sarah when he speaks. Thinking of the woman who was gone, thinking of Allison Kerry.]

When men go off and do wrong, do stupid shit, women are the ones that end up both paying and fighting to bring everything to the right way it needs to be. It sounds pretty accurate.

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[deadliestviper]

In some cases. [She turns her glass by the stem absently, looking down at it as if lost in a reverie.]

He was a sharp, silver-tongued bastard all right. Always knew what to say.

Re: Spam

[lastmanstanding]

You sound like you miss him.

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[deadliestviper]

No.

Maybe.