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. © Darren Field 2004

Episode:Shindig

BADGER
Yeah? Why ain't she talking? She got a secret?

RIVER
(with Badger's Old Londenium english accent)
Sure, I got a secret. More than one. Don't seem
likely I'd tell 'em to you now, do it? Anyone off
Dyton Colony knows better than to talk to strangers.
(notices a shiny pin in the shape of a bird on
Badger's lapel, nearly touches it, then runs a
finger down his lapel before pulling back)
You're talking loud enough for the both of us though,
ain'tcha? I've known a dozen like you. Skipped off
home early, running graft jobs here and there. Spent
some time in the lock down, but less than you claim.
And you're what? Petty thief with delusions of standing?
Sad, little king of a sad, little hill.

Art by J. Leigh