On their way out of the casino, Aengus noticed Mason entering with a hooded figure. Aengus asked Urs and Vara to continue to Kitty Korner where they planned to rest for the night, saying he would catch up. Mason sat down at a gambling table beside the hooded one. Aengus approached and started a conversation, hoping to dissuade Mason from indulging in his vice, but he quickly noticed that Mason was very nervous and uncomfortable; nevertheless, he continued to place bets. Unable to see the face of the hooded figure that seemed to be passively endorsing this bad habit, Aengus butted in and offered to shake the stranger’s hand for introductions. The figure’s hand was skeletal, and he explained he had recently befriended Mason, who was kind enough to overlook his appearance to help him navigate public life to have some fun.
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After reconnecting with Galin, Urs went to the bath house, Lathered Up, for a deep clean. The attendants knew Urs’s favorite scent and had plenty of lavender prepared. Urs gave his autograph to a young fan girl.
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The great bear Balador interrogated his wayward champion Urs:
B: “You put an arrow through the heart of someone. Was he your enemy?”
U: “Yep.”
B: “Are the lives of others meaningless to you?”
U: “Yes, if it means saving my friends. It’s a simple ranking order. See, they’re here, I’m here, and everyone else is here.”
B: “But did you think the life of the man you killed was worthless?”
U: “Meh, it was like the fish I eat. When I need it to die, I kill it.”
B: “Do you think there is a balance to nature? Do you think you can be the judge of who should live and who should die?”
U: “I don’t know. Were the lives of my family members worthless? If I’d killed their killers to save my family, would that have been OK?”
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