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[Yeah, that was dumb. He'll look appropriately sheepish, okay?]

Right, right. Who've you talked to so far?

[fullmeasure]

[ask a dumb question . . . ]

A bunch of kids, mostly. They all looked at me like they've never met someone over the age of forty.

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You remember any names?

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Ellie, Celestia Ludenberg, Seras Victoria, Stan, who's taking care of a little girl named Peace, and Anne Boleyn.

[of course he remembers names]

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[Ah, now there's a list. Saul smiles.]

Stan and Anne are friends of mine. Clients, too.

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[why isn't he surprised]

They're a little different from your usual clients.

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You make do with what you have.

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I didn't know a lawyer was needed here. [it isn't said harshly, almost curiously]

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A lawyer, no. Not with our lack of a legal system. But someone with a skill set as varied and versatile as mine? You bet.

[Don't you just want to smack that smug face of his, Mike?]

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[all the goddamn time, Saul. All the goddamn time]

Don't make me smack that look off your face.

[it's a weak threat, at least]

But since we're talking about your clients, I've got to ask . . .

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[Oh, Mike.

HE MISSED YOU. ♥]

Right. Uh. You're probably wondering about the whole... bordering-on-gay thing we've got going on, correct?

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Whatever the two of you do in your alone time is none of my business.

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Har har.

[He walked right into that one, though.]

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You're the one who put it that way.

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[Cue a dismissive hand wave. Whatevs, man.]

Yeah, well. This place is awfully good at putting things in perspective.

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Go on.

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Um.

[Mike.

Bro.

Buddy.

Don't make him talk about this.

Saul glances down toward the table, idly poking at its surface.]

Getting thrown into the middle of a war zone kinda made me, y'know, rethink my priorities a little.

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[I thought you missed me, bro!!]

I would think so.

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[SHUT UP

tsuntsuntsun]

Yeah. In the end, I realized Jesse deserved a hundred times better than what he was getting, and I knew I could help him out, so...

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[this is what you get for being a smug little bastard earlier!!]

So?

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So that's what I'm doing.

[Trying to do, at least.]

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[he gives Saul a long look, then nods. He probably could say a lot more about it, but really, there's only one thing that would sum it all up]

Good.

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[SENPAI APPROVES??

(ﾉ〃＾▽＾〃)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧]

And what I said about the three of us working together to support Skyler, that goes double for you and me in regards to the kid. It doesn't take much to throw him off-kilter.

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Yeah, I know. [Jesse off-kilter was what had Gus making Mike work with him in the first place] I've seen his destructive streak before. I'll keep an eye on him.

[Mike takes a long drink of his coffee, once again wishing it was something a lot stronger]

About Skyler, though - just how are we going to go about having this nice little talk with her? I've got a feeling she's going to ask a lot of questions we don't want to answer.

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[Saul could mention he has a bit of the stronger stuff back in his suitcase, but getting drunk with Mike isn't really up there on his to-do list. So he just looks at his hands, fidgeting during the silence.

Then:] You think? It sounds a lot like she knows everything already.