Part 9: Train's coming
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Nothing looks out of the ordinary.
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Suddenly, a new patron enters the pub.
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The man stood at the bar, his dull eyes staring at everything and nothing.
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> Make small talk
Ask his identity
Say goodbye
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Make small talk
> Ask his identity
Say goodbye
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It looked like this was the type of place where people didn't want to be bothered.
Rabbi Stone isn't one to give up, however.
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Because it's the first thing a Rabbi should be asking about.
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His ignorance was either fake or genuine. Either way, I had my answer.
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> Ask about Ethan
Ask about Zelig
Ask about Jack
Say goodbye
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Ask about Ethan
> Ask about Zelig
Ask about Jack
Poke at the holes in his story
Say goodbye
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Was he being serious?
His true intentions were hidden behind those dull, glassy eyes.
A ruse? Or plain ignorance? It was impossible to tell.
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Ask about Ethan
Ask about Zelig
> Ask about Jack
Poke at the holes in his story
Say goodbye
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Ask about Ethan
Ask about Zelig
Ask about Jack
> Poke at the holes in his story
Say goodbye
Time to get serious.
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Joe DeMarco gave me the once over. His dull, pale eyes explored my face. He knitted his eyebrows as if doing some internal calculations, and then finally nodded.
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DeMarco exits the pub, and we follow.
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And then descend to the 33rd Street subway station.
Looks like the two of us are alone here.
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DeMarco pulls out a knife.
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This is another conversation we can easily screw up by choosing the wrong responses.
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The only responses that are safe for our health are the rabbinical ones.
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> How does a twelve year old commit murder?
You're a monster!
The blood of countless innocents is on your hands!
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Let's screw this up, then.
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> That's the most horrible thing I've ever heard.
Do you do everything people ask you to?
Help! Police!
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It wasn't a deep cut, but I couldn't afford to receive any others.
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That's the most horrible thing I've ever heard.
> Do you do everything people ask you to?
Help! Police!
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You're murdering scum, is what you are.
> Tell me more about your childhood.
Why are you being so defensive?
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I felt a sharp, white-hot pain flare on my calf.
When I looked down, I could see my pant leg was turning a deep crimson.
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> You're murdering scum, is what you are.
Tell me more about your childhood.
Why are you being so defensive?
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The sharp pinprick of metal tore into my ribs like butter.
I had no time to even cry out before everything turned black.
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All I could see was Joe's leering face, laughing at me as he drove the blade home.
As my body lay cooling on the concrete subway platform, I couldn't help but wonder...
What if I could go back and do that again?
Was this death inevitable?
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I guess I'll never know.
Game over
The advantage of a Rabbi over a mere street punk lies, of course, with the rabbinical method of conversation. It's only by overloading him with questions that we can distract DeMarco somewhat.
So let's do it.
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The very first response we give doesn't really matter.
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> How does a twelve year old commit murder?
You're a monster!
The blood of countless innocents is on your hands!
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That's the most horrible thing I've ever heard.
> Do you do everything people ask you to?
Help! Police!
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You're murdering scum, is what you are.
Tell me more about your childhood.
> Why are you being so defensive?
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Translation: or are you nothing but a loser?
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DeMarco puts the knife down.
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That was a mistake.
Tupperwarez posted:
Please tell me Rabbi Stone is going to beat the shit out of some would-be barroom heroes.
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The Rabbi punches DeMarco again.
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Commander Shepard's got nothing on Rabbi Stone.
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Do we take DeMarco's life for all the lives he has taken? Or do we show mercy and let the murderer live?
What do we do, fellow goonim?