Truces are temporary. Call it an alliance. That's permanent.
Perception was reality, at least half the time.
We all are looking for someone. That's the very essence of human nature, isn't it? It's an eternal quest.
An old, old process, exploited by fortune tellers everywhere. Steer a guy through an endless series of yes-no, right-wrong questions, and in no time at all a convincing illusion of intimacy built itself up. A simple psychological trick, sharpened by listening carefully to answers, feeling the way, and playing the odds.
In his experience most places reserved the main drag for profit-and-loss businesses. Municipal enterprises like cops and county offices would be a block or two over. Maybe more.
Chains don't have kinks. Horses have kinks. Chains have weak links.
The land is flat here and it's wintertime. There's nowhere to hide.
People have been scared so long they can't even remember what it's like not to be scared any more.
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