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Rhiv: a compromise? that might work. might. "And what would it be? 'We get to harass you and your son, but it's for safety?' What would make me agree to something like that?" he crosses his arms and taps his foot.
Salmook: he takes the biggest breath he can from within the ditch; and then he sighs. Salmook tucks himself back into hiding. "Pater just wants to make me happy." he's more thinking out loud than actually trying to keep the conversation.
(I hit the send button before I typed in Salmook's stuff, ack-)