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[wrens]

prompt six | D E M O N S be careful in casting out your devil ‘lest you cast out the best thing about you. ( friedrich nietzsche )

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[staircases]

[ His mouth crooks again. Not quite a smile but the intent is there. (He's not nearly as ill-tempered people assume he is and he's capable of a conversation — when necessity demands.) ] Yeah, that's right. Pyrrhic. [ A beat. ] Something you come across often, your line of work?

[glances]

No. Or at least, if there are, I don't really take part in them.

[ Pause. (That sounded weird.)

With a quick shake of her head: ] Forensic pathologist.