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[ A low scoff, not quite of amusement. ]

I guess that's a happy ending. When the craziest ones die out.

I'm not sure happy is a word I'd use, but it was an ending.

Yeah. I guess happy in a situation like that is just the last bad option.

The one that left slightly fewer people dead, at least, so there is that.

Right. Only some light betrayal, some of the people who died actually deserved it. About the best you can hope for out of life.

Ah... [ Well, she can't actually disagree with that, but that doesn't mean she can't sound sad about it. Just a hint. ...yes. Yes, I suppose that is the best you can ever hope for, isn't it?

[ It's about what her life seemed to have boiled down to, at the very end. There's a sigh, a long, drawn out breath of air, even if it is a quiet one. ]

But I've kept you for long enough. I should let you go.

Oh. Uh, yeah.

[ He rubs the back of his neck. Maybe that had been a bit too blunt... ]

If you need anything, let me know.

[ And this is the part where she should really hang up, only-- ]

Actually. [ Something comes back to mind when he mentioned that, if she needs anything. All that research the other her had, it shouldn't all go to waste. ] There is one thing. You seem to have a more in-depth grasp on all the little money things in this world. I don't suppose you'd know a good place to get a loan from? Specifically towards home repair?

[ Oh. He hesitates a moment. ]

I can draw up a list of places that would give a loan like that. What's your credit like?

[ And then it's her turn to hesitate. Her...? ]

My credit to what?

[ As he suspected. ]

Okay, there are two possible ways to go about this. The first possibility is doing a credit check on you - which basically consists of banks investigating you and then seeing how likely you are to pay them back.

...considering I may vanish without warning at any time, something tells me they aren't going to like that idea.

No. They don't tend to trust imPorts. When they do lend money, they do so at high interest rates.

The other option is I could just lend it to you. If you trust me.

Well, that depends. Are you going to abduct me and drop me off in a swamp at some point if I do?

[ His wince is all but audible. ]

I...No.

Hmmmmm. [ really drawing it out here, but really... ] Alright then. I think I can trust you.

The real problem might be, will the others?

Do they need to know?

You think they won't ask?

You could say it's from a bank.

Are you a bank, Mark?

I own an investment firm. I'd be - investing.

Investing in a farm.

In making a loan. I would be charging you interest.

[ There's an amused snort from her end. ]

You really are becoming the bank of imPorts, aren't you?

[ He gives a little grunt of acknowledgment. ]

I sooner wouldn't be. Those are high-risk investments even as far as I'm concerned.

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