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ASHLY: All right, I’ll have some booze.
SAM: All right, here you go. You know, it never
runs out.
ASHLY: It doesn’t?
SAM: No.
ASHLY: Huh.
SAM: Special trick. So, uh, who got took? Who are
you missing?
ASHLY: Oh, that’s where this conversation stops,
friend.
SAM: No! What? I thought we were getting to know
each other.
ASHLY: That’s a big gun to pull out right after
you gave me a little bit of libation.
SAM: All right, did you go to school?
ASHLY: Fucking guess, detective. Do you think I
went to school?
SAM: Hmm, I would say no.
ASHLY: Yeah. Accurate.
SAM: Did you have a happy home life growing up?
ASHLY: I grew up in Shadycreek Run. Everyone’s
favorite pastime there is stabbing people. No. I
didn’t have a nice… growing up.
SAM: Hmm. I’m trying to think of a topic that’s
less charged. Do you have a favorite sports team
you like?
(laughter)
ASHLY: We could talk about Iron Chef.
SAM: Iron Chef? I love Iron Chef. Never mind.
ASHLY: Sorry.
SAM: I just thought, well–
ASHLY: Yeah, I know. You’re trying to be nice.
SAM: No, I just thought if we knew more about your
situation, it would maybe lead to clues that would
help us track down, or know the weaknesses of
these Shepherds who stole or killed your friends.
If we knew the circumstances around their untimely
demise.
ASHLY: I know the Shepherds well.
SAM: Were you one of them?
ASHLY: No. I wasn’t. I just know them well.
SAM: Did you go to high school– no, you didn’t go
to school– Hmm, everyone else is snoring.
ASHLY: They’re well known. Everyone there knows
them. There’s no way to not know them.
SAM: All right.
ASHLY: So you’re not trying to chat me up so much
as you’re trying to siphon information.
SAM: I’m doing what any good detective does, which
is just lay the groundwork for the case–
ASHLY: Under who?! Who considers you the greatest
detective?
SAM: Jester. Jester’s one of the folks that got
stolen. Together we were a dynamic duo of mystery
solving. We could solve any mystery. Find any
criminal mastermind, no matter how nefarious. We
had all the tools, all the insights, all the
instincts! It was amazing. We were a well oiled
machine and then… she was taken. And now it’s
just me.