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"Yeah, Imy head in Nine’s direction "So, what’s up?"

"Eh" Nine co at the edge of the deck He lowers his voice "I, uhI wanted to say sorry for that tio"

I actually snort from surprise at that "Nine, what?"

"And also in New York when I blew our stealth approach by clapping loves Sorry about that too"

"Okay," I say, holding up ?"

"Prettythat pissed you off or alot you killed I’h all this because you think we ht die down there, it’s not necessary"

"Oh, there’s noeyes with h this shit You, on the other hand, you’ve got this whole fly-off-on-your-own-don’t-need-friends thing going, like you’re just gonna rage until you burn out Like you don’t care what happens to you" I start to protest, but Nine holds up a hand "No, it’s cool The rest of theet it, but I do Leave it all on the field You do what you need to do, ot all this shit oniven"

"And also," he continues, "you should know that I’d prefer it if you made it out of this alive with me You’re my brother And, uhthat would be ideal"

Before I can stop hi, and it ends with hih

"You’ve always been the best sidekick a guy could ask for," he says

"Eat shit, Nine," I reply

He grins at me "See you out there, Johnny"

Nine leaves er through one of inia now I should er up here, thinking about what he said Is he right? Do I not want to ine an after--a world where we’ve defeated Setrákus Ra and I’m still alive Used to be daydreams like that hat I lived for