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.
[Well, he really does not need his ego stroked, but that doesn't mean he's not going to bask obscenely in the adulation. He gives a low, pleased hum. Ricki was right; he can hear him grinning.]
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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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Lucky me, then. Jackpot winner.
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