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[foundafamily]

Hey, listen up. I’ve got an idea.

[Evidently a very important one, judging by how soberly he’s speaking.]

Obviously we need things to do in between gettin’ set on fire and havin’ our heads messed with. So I was gonna set up a card table in the bar—could be poker, faro, anything if we can get enough players for it. If people like it, we could make it a regular thing.

If you don’t know how to play, I’ll teach you. And if anybody knows any other games, I’d like to see ‘em.

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[video]

[foundafamily]

So I can use your obviously reasonable judgement as assurance.

[Unless she means that his friends are probably ridiculously insensible people, which would be true.]

[video]

[dogsanddaughters]

Aww, 'course you can! [She's only teasing a little. It's all in good fun.] I like you, Firo. I like you a lot.

[video]

[foundafamily]

You’re all right yourself. It’s good to have somebody else here who’s… Well, I don’t know if I could say “normal,” but somebody who gets things.

[No offense to her.]

You remind me of my friend Claire as a kid, if he’d had any common sense.

[Video]

[dogsanddaughters]

[Hey, she's never been normal. Miriam nods, more seriously this time.] Yeah. 'zactly. You're good people. Gotta stick with good people.

[And since hers aren't here, Miriam has to make new friends.]

[Video]

[foundafamily]

They definitely make puttin’ up with all this crap easier. I think I’d lose my head if I was here alone. Or just stuck with the wrong people.

[Like a bunch of non-gamblers. Heaven forbid.]

[Video]

[dogsanddaughters]

Amen to that, brother. I mean, some of the people are weird as all fuck, but most of 'em aren't too bad.

[Video]

[foundafamily]

Yeah? That's good.

[He hesitates to bring it up, especially when they’ve been talking about otherwise pleasant stuff, but the mention of weird people and not-too-bad people makes him wonder.]

…Aside from that lady from before, is there anybody else who’s been a problem?

[Video]

[dogsanddaughters]

Not yet. Couple weird dudes in power armor, though. Gotta watch out for those types.

[Video]

[foundafamily]

Power armor..?

[Sounds future-y.]

What'd they do?

[Video]

[dogsanddaughters]

Nothin' yet. But folks don't usually wear that stuff unless they're planning on doing something nasty.

[Video]

[foundafamily]

[Like the Sons, he assumes. But doesn't ask--that doesn't need to be brought up.]

Huh. And how many of 'em have you seen around here? Should I be worried?

[They'd be sitting ducks if this place got torched or something. Though he's really more worried for his friends, considering he'd probably recover eventually.]

[Video]

[dogsanddaughters]

[Just like the Sons.]

Just two so far. But yeah. They're strong.

[She's quiet for a moment.]

We're in trouble if they wanna hurt us.

[Video]

[foundafamily]

[That's the opposite of comforting. Which makes it helpful, because this is good to know.

For once, Firo actually pauses to think about what his reply is going to be.]

If it's just armor, there's still stuff we can do about it, right? Like heat 'em.

[Kind of gross, but you do what you have to do.]

[Video]

[dogsanddaughters]

Depends on what kinda suits they've got. Some of 'em can stand fire, some can't. [And it's hard to tell which when you don't know who made them in the first place.] But eventually they run outta power, and that's when you can get 'em.

[Video]

[foundafamily]

[He smiles just a little.]

So it's not like they've got all the advantages. No need to worry until they give us a reason to, eh?

[Video]

[dogsanddaughters]

[This is why she likes Firo.] Exactly! We just gotta be careful. But we're smarter than them, so we'll be juuuust fine.

[Video]

[foundafamily]

Well, you're smarter, at least, and I'll help you with the rest. So we will be fine.

[Video]

[dogsanddaughters]

Hell yeah!