Evangelicals don't even celebrate Lent. I mean, we can- but it's not common, or even typical. My father preached that it led us back to bondage and perpetual penitence, to ritual associated with Catholicism, rightly rejected by the Reformers.
[It is so completely not about Lent right now, but that is the only thing that comes to mind to say.]
[It doesn't click right away -- he's got a handful of other books now, too, a little hoarded library starting to grow on his nightstand -- and he doesn't like any sentence that starts with McNulty ratted out.]
I didn't know that stick-up boys only robbed drug dealers. I knew you did- but I thought you were an exception. But the job title actually refers to people who knock over dealers, and stashes- I'd never really understood the logistics of a drug stash before. You know I smuggled- but guns, right? And not for personal sale, but into combat zones, and the hands of willing militants. Really a very different animal. I think I was unconsciously imagining it working the same way, because the drugs moved along the same sorts of channels. Reading, I learned that I knew less than I thought I knew.
Omar Little, I have met many men, in many cities, in many countries, in several world. You are- singular, you are compelling. You were the one to win me.
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[It is so completely not about Lent right now, but that is the only thing that comes to mind to say.]
Sort of makes me want to do it, honestly.
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[He lets out a quiet sound, not really a laugh, not so cruel as that. Something playful, but meant to soothe.]
So what you gonna give up? I feel like I might want some say in the matter.
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But if it started tomorrow- I would begin fasting.
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[His voice softens, lowers a little, inviting Ricki's to do the same. Pietro doesn't have super hearing; they can still keep this conversation close.]
'Chu think you need, darlin'?
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[He can't help but sound disappointed.]
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[And he has to admit, forty hours in the hole really isn't all that much in any objective sense; his displeasure over it is entirely personal.]
Ain't so bad in there, anyway.
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[Acknowledging, letting out a sigh, letting his eyes shut.]
Hey- I forgot to mention. McNulty ratted out your choice of literature of the week.
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[It doesn't click right away -- he's got a handful of other books now, too, a little hoarded library starting to grow on his nightstand -- and he doesn't like any sentence that starts with McNulty ratted out.]
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Just thought I'd, you know-- get me a little more context and all. Still don't know what on Earth y'all talkin' 'bout half the time.
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[He admits.]
Finally figured out what a stick-up boy really is.
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You didn't know?
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[He's still too near to Pietro to laugh, but you can hear the smile.]
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[Defensive- but only in play.]
But I maybe, maybe, imagined you galloping off on horseback, afterwards.
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Naw, man, seriously, I need to know -- what all did your readin' clear up for you?
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[Content, and warm. He's very happy to curl up here and be talked to.]
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