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[He runs his tongue along his teeth, staring at the cup in his hands.]

I was the Empress' bodyguard. She was assassinated.

I need to get her back.

[ Alan's quiet for a second, looking at the typewriter on the desk. ]

Someone going to the ends of the earth for someone else, stopping at nothing, clawing their way out of their own personal journey--learning from it--and in turn teaching others.

[ He glances back over to Corvo. ]

It makes a great story.

Keep talking like that and I'm walking out.

[He's only half joking.]

[ Alan inhales through his nose a little bit, nodding. Half joke or not, message received. ]

I have a hard time turning it off. I don't think I can at this point.

Try. Maybe that's why you're here.

[He adds, dryly:] You're an insufferable writer.

[ Just as dryly, his eyes lifting in lieu of a smile: ] And you're an asshole of a bodyguard.

[He chuckles, deep in his chest.]

As we all must be to get the job done.

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