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Because life is cruel and unfair and still worth fighting for in spite of that.

Or was that a rhetorical question?

Squee! I heart Mark!

Rhetorical...but you're right. Life is cruel and unfair.

And very much worth fighting for.

me toooo! XD

Is that what happened? Did the others dies in a fight?

Disease. And...they haven't all died.

...yet.

Damn. That's harder. I've seen sudden and I've seen drawn out, and I'd rather die all at once.

I'm Ace, by the way.

Me too.

Mark...Cohen. Pleasure to meet you.

'ello, Mark.

You're American, I think, judging from the accent. Not from the south but that's about as close as I can pin it down. Where do you call home?

..New York, actually.

You?

New York- there's a place I've never made it to but would like t' see.

I'm from a place just outside London but I haven't lived there for years. I travel. A lot.

*smiles* New York is...a dirty rat trap, but...it's home.

I'd like to see London someday.

A dirty rat trap? You don't write the tourist brouchures, do you? Because I'm thinking that's not the way to go.

I might have to pop over one of these days. I'll ask the Professor about it.

London's pretty coo. A million times better than dullsville, aka Perivale.

*chuckles* My friend used to say "It's a comfort to know that anywhere else you could possibly go after New York would be a pleasure cruise."

Perivale? The small town outside of London?

Oh, I'm sure I know a few places worse than NYC.

Yeah, close enough that it's connected by tube, thank goodness. My mates and I used to ditch school and go into the city.

*nods* My friends and I often came up to the city on weekends. Home away from home, you know?

Away from home, that was the draw for me. *stares into distance, shakes head*

Plus there were no truant officers in the city to chase us down.

*frowns softly* New York became that for me after a while, a place to escape to.

And where was home originally, before you adopted the rat trap?

Scarsdale. Hole in the wall Jewish community.

Hole in the wall- I can understand why you left.

*smiles* Could you try explaining it to my mom? She still thinks I should come home.

It just means she cares about you. Probably calls and leaves worried messages on your answering machine giggle and wants you married to a nice jewish girl.

My mum... *shrugs*

Course if your mum can make a decent meal I might just give it a try, convincing her. i haven't had home cooking for ages.

*groans* All the time. I can't seem to shake her, you know? Just let me live my life.

She's one of the best cooks in the area, and she'd be glad to have you.

So what do you do with your life, the one she doesn't want to let you live? Got a job or summit?

No. *smiles* That's the problem.

It could be worse, you could be a nine to five drudge.

Never gonna happen. *chuckles*

Know that feelin' alright.

It's not fair.

Never is.