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  1. Public Bookmark 16

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    Harry is losing at Suzerainity, very badly, for a third time. He comes up with a non-standard strategy to not be losing any more. Chapter 1 as Harry experiences it, Chapter 2 as Kim does.

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    06 Mar 2026

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    EMPATHY: Here it is: *There’s no such thing as a good cop.*
    YOU: Kim says I’m a good cop.
    SUGGESTION: Then Kim isn’t a good cop, either. And if this job can make someone like *him* think a bit of head-bashing is acceptable… then what is it doing to *you*?
    YOU: Oh my god.
    HALF-LIGHT: You need to fucking quit.
    VOLITION: You need to fucking quit.
    EMPATHY: You need to fucking quit.
    ESPRIT DE CORPS: Wait, what??
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    You've been drowning for years. Martinaise was your rock-bottom. And if you go back to the life that killed you, you'll never get better. But job-hunting? in THIS economy? When you don't even know what a "resume" is, and there's a sequence killer running loose?

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    21 Oct 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 29

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    The world is going to end; you could get started early. Tip off the roof, splatter the ground in communist red, let the sunset hit your corpse like a bicentennial art piece to a bygone era that died when the revolution did. Maybe you should do it now.

    Instead, you take a long, steadying drag, sprinkling cocaine for flavour over the tip as it burns. You don't fall off the roof. You still picture it.

    You're starting to think you might be fucked, actually.

    (a study in self-destruction; a study in Harrier du Bois)

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  4. Public Bookmark 86

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    Kim goes on leave to recover from the concussion he received in Martinaise. Circumstances (including an unwelcome chorus in Kim's head) conspire to draw him into long-neglected personal affairs. Harry's got his own problems, but is here to help.

    Note: Tags finalized, edited for formatting and continuity on May 27, 2023.

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    08 Oct 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 33

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    His voices must be going at it, because you watch as he furrows his brow, looks at you and nods, steps closer, steps back, steps closer again.. and then he smiles a little bit. It’s small and unlike his usual brilliant grin or the sleazy grimace he once wore in Martinaise. It is kind, and open, and warm. For some reason, this ugly and imbalanced part of you has made his day better. You feel as though something is being given to you, even though you were the one who volunteered personal information. You feel as though you should hold it in your hands and learn to feel it without shying away. You feel the telltale shiver of a moment, as they say. You feel the undercurrent of a choice.

    Will you try today?

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    15 Jun 2024