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‘I am sorry to hear that,’ said Bowhanox.
“I was fine,” said Colt. “Other kids weren’t.”
‘...Because you beat the hell out of them?’
“What? No! Believe it or not, I was actually a pretty good kid.”
‘Not believing it.”
“I might’ve had a thicker skin than most kids, and I might’ve gotten into a few fights, but I wasn’t a fucking bully.”
‘Let me guess. You beat up the bullies, instead.’
“Pfft, no. I was like nine. They kicked the shit out of me.”
‘But you tried to beat them up, yes?’
“...Yes.”
‘I knew it.’
“What the fuck happened to keeping this relationship strictly professional?”
‘Oh, relax. Tough guy can’t even handle a bit of friendly ribbing.’
Colt just grumbled.
‘I am sure we could find a much better foster home, you know. Stake it out for a while, make extra sure that the caretakers are not hiding any monstrous secrets or anything.’
“Tch. Even if that were possible, what the fuck would I do without my kids, huh? What would my life become?”
Bohwanox hesitated. ‘Uh... gallantly protecting me from monsters?’
“Go fuck yourself.”
The reaper snorted a laugh. ‘I get it. They are your reason for living. But is that what is honestly best for them?’
“I’ll figure something out.”
‘Hmm. Then I will do my best to help with that.’
Colt cocked an eyebrow at the reaper. Their conversation was interrupted, however, when Garovel’s voice broke in.
‘Hey! You two!’ he said, descending from the roof.
They waited for him to elaborate.
‘So there are three helicopters and an army of cops chasing Hector right now.’
Colt had to snicker.
‘He’s on foot. I’m sure he’d appreciate you and your car.’
“We finally gonna leave this town?” he said, moving to gather their things.
‘Yeah, I’m thinking we should.’
“About damn time.”
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‘Colt is en route,’ came Garovel’s voice from the other side of the city.
‘That’s nice.’ And not for the first time today, Hector tumbled off the roof of a building with more than twenty floors.
A dark serial novel. Set in a modern fantasy world called Eleg. Mature language. Updates every night at midnight PST by ~400 words.
That's the last of the donation bonus posts. Again, thank you to the donators, and I hope everyone enjoyed all the extra content over these past couple weeks.
ReplyDeleteAlso, oddly enough, because all the bonus days, I'm a little behind on my monthly quota of 40 non-bonus posts. (63 posts so far this month - 32 bonus posts = 31 normal posts, and with only 6 days left in the month, that's only 37 posts, not 40).
SO FUCK IT. I'll be posting twice daily for the rest of October in order to meet the quota and then some. And probably the first few days of the November, too.
Wow. This month has the most new pages, I just realized.
ReplyDeleteWhile I'm excited that we get to read more, I don't want you to wear yourself out Frosty. So don't, or I'll come after you. XD
Wait don't you post twice daily anyway?
ReplyDeleteHe's been doing that because of donation bonuses, I believe. Please correct me if I'm wrong, Frosty. ^_^
ReplyDeleteSnowtail is correct. Also, I promise at least 40 posts per month. 40 non-donation-bonus posts, that is.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's a record month so far. And I'm fine. Don't worry. I'll be sure to rework the donation bonus system if I start feeling overwhelmed.
ReplyDeleteMmkay. ^_^ So long as you're good, that's what matters.
ReplyDeleteAh alright
ReplyDeleteDude...are you a machine?
ReplyDeleteOhhh boy, here we go again! Action Timez!!!
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