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"So I have to go first, is that what you’re saying?"

I so first, then half the ti me yours"

He’d clearly had too much experience in that area "You don’t trustreally hard to be appalled

His mouth thinned "Not even a little"

I indicated our surroundings with turned-up palms "Dude, we’re in a prison If I don’t hold up ain, you can put ?"

I wanted more, needed more as much as I needed air My appetite to learn as et it in blood"

After a long, thoughtful sigh, he said, "I guess blood won’t be necessary I’ll give you one of the highlights" He worked his lower lip a"Okay, there was this one tiht was going to break out A bad one between South Side and the Aryans The tension was so thick that by the third day we knew soathered in the yard, eyed each other, inched closer and closer until the shot caller of each gang was nose to nose And right in the middle of it stood Farrow We were surprised"

"Why were you surprised?" I asked, certain my eyes ith wonder

"Because he had no affiliation It’s rare, but every once in a while, an ino it alone And he did Quite successfully"

"So, he’s in the h I knew Reyes was okay, ht

"S As Farroound his way through the inround They just passed out" He paused, lost in thought

"What happened next?" I asked, ot to the shot callers, he spoke to the off, a look of astonishlanced around, realized as happening, then the one frorew furious I think he felt Farroas betraying his race or so"

Neil nodded "The Aryan got in Farrow’s face and started yelling Then, before anyone knehat’d happened, he just cruround"

I flew to my feet and laid my palms on Neil’s desk "What did Reyes do?"

He looked up at me "We didn’t know at first, but he touched theh the crowd and touching them on the shoulder And they dropped like flies"

I stood with er than was appropriate

"The guards rushed in, found their weapons, searched everyone else, and put the whole place on lockdown" Neil shook his head as he thought back "There’s no telling howmine"