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[code]Halloween Festival - Kid's Section[/code]
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[b]"Funny,"[/b] Clancy muttered at Shayton's comment about his 'parents', his gaze briefly flicking to the handset withdrawn from the latter's suit; unaware that it was indeed a dummy phone, [b]"Is that [i]another[/i] 'report' to your bosses?"[/b] He maintained his grip on the sleeve of "Uncle" Shayton's suit, but kept his voice low enough to avoid inviting anymore unwanted attention.

[b]"Last time we spoke, you told me something: [I]These days, everyone is a target. They don’t know it yet.[/i]"[/b] Word for word, he repeated what Shayton had told him, the night of the brawl at the club. 

[b]"I remembered [i]that[/i], just like I'd guess you're not the kind of person I'd expect to see playing games with a bunch of Nazi assholes and some [i]losers[/i] on bikes. I wasn't born yesterday."[/b] Ever so slightly, he tightened his grip as they walked past some half-drunken teen trying to impress their friends by recreating some retro tune on an ocarina. Clancy shook his head in a disapproving gesture. 

[B]"And I'm still old enough to know that people don't just appear with [i]holes[/i] in their bodies, like your [i]last[/i] boss did. Nice of you to let [i]me[/i] take the fall for that with the G-Men."[/b] Clancy's expression was masked beneath the costume, but the tilting of his head and the creasing of the canvas gave some indication that the boy might've been offering a humourless grin.

[b]"I still have questions, since you [i]cut[/i] into that last conversation. Father Wolf. Dollhouse. Ashley Stone. You know [i]enough[/i]. Who is coming after a bunch of washed up [i]ex-[/i]high schoolers?"[/b] Those were the most [i]firm[/i] queries he had.

[b]"And your bosses, the [i]real[/i] ones this time, what's their play in this? Because I'm [i]sure[/i] you don't want that bit of information spreading around town, anymore than it may have gone already"[/b]

Clancy was skeptical he'd get answers, but it was a starting point,

[B]"The sooner I have answers, the sooner you can go back to talking up women half your age and pretending you're safe. Or?"[/b] He felt at the dufflebag strapped to his back, subtly noting the outline ofnthe artifact within, [b]"Your last boss and Nazi friends went with [i]or.[/i]"[/b]