“The old man laughed. Now that I did find unsettling. They always laugh right before they kill you. After the long explanation of their evil deeds and right before they kill you. Always. They must have been too rushed for explanations.”
“You never told me all this before," I said, by way of explanation. "You all have dividedup America into kingdoms, is that right?”
“To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.”
“You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was, ‘But we’ve always done it this way.’ A million dead people can’t have been wrong, can they?”
“you need to check that tone, boy. Remember, I used to kill people for a living, and I ain't been up long enough to have much tolerance right about now. knock it down a notch before I forget I'm supposed to actually like you.”
“Phillip laughed. “You always did give great head.” “And I’ll continue to—just not for you.” With that I winked before walking away”