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Tsurai let out a shallow laugh.
"I know the alphabet. And I know numbers. I can read and write numbers like no tomorrow. I'm pretty sick of numbers."

"Hey, Tsurai, go to this house for me, I'll give you the money to buy. No offense or anything, but your family's too expensive"

"Fine. Give it. But if the guy tries to beat me, you owe me for not killing him."

"God... I don't think I like numbers.." Tsurai grumbled in afterthought.

Tsurai huffed. "Well, I'd sing the alphebet, but I think the world would be better off if I didn't. It's all I know. Forget I asked. This is stupid."

Tsurai rolled over on his good arm, back to Isiah. "Shouldn't even bother trying anymore." Tsurai closed his eyes and exhaled shakily, clearly upset that he was too stupid to read or write... Letters.

"Jake. We sold every gram for fifty, evaded with one million this year, and sold.. how many pounds... I think it was 500. How much profit did we make, boy?"
"Do it yourself, Brian."
"Don't talk to me like that! Maybe I'll go for the face this time, make you hideous to look at! I can have Alex do it, watch you scream! Or would you prefer I go after Sarah, instead?"
"One mill, 35 thousand. Jesus. I'm going out."

"Just give it up, already," Tsurai grumbled, mostly to himself.
Gah, the pain in his arm was bringing him back a little too much.

"Isiah. Say something smart. I need to get my mind off... s**t.."

Tsurai frowned. Braeden wasn't a retard. But Tsurai had gotten used to that insult, so it only stung a little.
"Math problems, is all. Really stupid math problems. And.." He shuddered. "More of that split-second thinking s**t. My brain can't do that well, and hesitation isn't exactly such a great other option."

Tsurai groaned and pushed off the duffelbag, preferring to use his arm as a pillow, instead. Flat surfaces were easier to fall asleep on, anyway. Although he wasn't tired. Just depressed.

"I said no," Tsurai growled, not bothering to get up, but glaring at Isiah from his place on the ground.

"We can live without the ******** burner and the lighter. Pick your ******** battles."

Tsurai groaned and put his face on his arm, turning onto his stomach.

"You go, I'll..." Tsurai couldn't think of anything at that moment. "Well. You won't like it when I think of it."

Tsurai sat up and glared at him. "I'm not kidding. It doesn't feel right."

The boy frowned. "I won't deny you're awesome at fighting, but only at fair fights. You know nothing about street fighting. If Braeden or that kid he was talking to has a weapon, you're screwed."
It sounded kind of funny coming from a boy with a huge knife slash down his face, but it was true.

"You don't have any kind of.. I don't think it's a good idea to go. And it'd be a worse idea if I went. I'm pretty much useless and he knows hurting me is gonna kill your insides."

Tsurai picked up a nearby pebble and threw it at Isiah. "You have no idea what I want."

With a sigh, Tsurai stood up. "You kicked his a** once already, can't you just celebrate your stupid victory?"

After Tsurai said that, he forgot why he stood up. He couldn't remember if he was going to offer to go first or to track Isiah. Neither seemed like viable options. Tsurai didn't know what to say when he got to Braeden, and he didn't know this town well enough, so he' probably trip and fall or something and kill his slim chances of stealth.

Tsurai slapped his hand to his head, the dogtags jingling outside the zipped up coat of Isiah's.
"I don't know yet. My brain is still thinking about the damn math problems to think about a solution to this. Maybe starving myself and insomnia ain't the best conditions for smart thinking."

Tsurai closed his eyes and shifted his weight to one leg, letting otu a loud sigh.
"Okay," Tsurai thought to himself. "It's possible this is nothing, but let's just think about it for a second. Go over what happened today. Rumors. Denzien kid. Unfair fights... I can piece this together... I'm useful.."

Tsurai lit up with a smile, taking his hand from his face and shifting his weight to the other leg. "I know what it is."
Then he frowned.

"Wait."

Tsurai looked around, but it was too dark to tell if anyone was watching them.

"I'm still really cold," He lied. "Is there anything else you have that I could have? I'm gonna die here."