[They didn't survive space hell to get left dead in an alleyway somewhere in the land of make believe, that's for sure. Ryuji will go down swinging if he has to, but it won't be without a fight. Not that he's ever actually killed anything before, and if he had his way, he'd still never get to that point... but there are some things that you just know you'd do it for if it came down to it. Which is pretty morbid, but Ryuji's keeping his cool about the entire thing, considered they're being held up.

Usually this is his gig, by the way.

She doesn't really look that she's that old, either. Maybe she landed into this lifestyle headfirst and couldn't do anything about it. Looks like a good reason to attempt heart theft if anything else.

Or... you know. Just throw their distinct weirdness her way and confuse her until she begs for mercy. That works really well, too.]

Ohhhh. Yeah. So I handed the grieving wife a bouquet the other day and said to her "hope thistle cheer you up a little bit" and she said, 'thanks, my late husband would've loved these. The grandkids were always callin' him poppy.'"

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