[Danny]

Teb heard a familiar voice, but took a moment to place it as that of the slig he had met earlier, Lanar.

"Hello." Teb approached roughly where the voice had come from, and turned when he heard Lanar's voice slightly to his left.

"How are YOU?" He sounded slightly annoyed, but he probably had a good reason, so Teb decided not to mention it, and continued walking, Lanar's breathing telling him that he was walking beside him.

"Fine, thank you. How about you?"

"Okay, I guess. So you're still talking ter me, then?"

Teb paused, thinking. "Why wouldn't I be?"

"Well, after what that guy were sayin', i thought you might'a listened to him, and stayed away from me."

"Why should I? You haven't done anything to me."

There was a pause. "You don't know about my past, do you?"

Teb cocked his head to one side. "No, why don't you tell me?"

Lanar was silent for a while, and they walked in silence. Teb heard faint sounds of a struggle near the main gates, but Lanar didn't seem to think it was important, so he ignored it. Eventually, Teb heard Lanar sit down on a bench, and then he helped Teb to sit beside him. "Okay, I'll tell you." And Lanar told him. He told him about his time as a Bounty-Hunter, gave slight details of the more gruesome killings he'd made, and about other bad things he had done. Teb was slightly shocked by some of them, but they were all in the past now, and nothing could be done to help it. Lanar seemed to have changed now, and these things shouldn't happen again. When he was finished, Lanar seemed to expect something of Teb, so Teb thought for a second.

"Oh."

Lanar was on his feet, by the sound of it. "Don't you get it? I'm a Killer! I once tortured a four-year-old child to death to get information about where his father was! I used to do that sort of thing often, if I needed information badly!"

There was a pause. "But you don't any more, right?"

Lanar's anger seemed to subside. "Well, no, but doesn't it matter to you that I have done?"

"Not as long as you don't do it to me."

Lanar sat down heavily. "You're crazy, kid."

Teb smiled. "So they tell me."

"You should listen to that Restaurant guy. He's got more sense than you'll ever have." He stood up once more. "See y'around, kid." And he strode off between the houses, leaving a bemused Teb sitting alone, thoughtfully.