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Starsky waved it aside as of no importance. "Well that doesn't matter anyway. I'm not letting you take Hutch."

"I DON'T THINK YOU CAN STOP ME."

"Hey, I know the rules. If I can see you, I can negotiate with you. That's the way it always works."

"WHAT, IN ALL THOSE OLD MOVIES YOU WATCH? WHAT MAKES YOU THINK IT REALLY WORKS THAT WAY?"

"I'm just betting it does. So how about it? You take me and let him go, how about that? I cheated you once by living, you have to want me back, right?" He had been willing to die for Hutch before, this was no different.

"NOT REALLY. I HAVE LEARNED, YOU HUMANS CAN ONLY CHEAT ME FOR SO LONG. EVENTUALLY I WILL COME TO ALL OF YOU. BESIDES, HE ALREADY MADE THAT BARGAIN. YOU CAN'T MAKE IT BACK."

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"I never saw it from this angle," Starsky said. "From your angle." He glanced sideways. "Thought I'd just look."

"Can we go?" Hutch said. "I mean, I mean... can we just go now?"

"I feel like I should know this place."

"Well it isn't so great," Hutch said, "and believe me, I don't need to commit it to memory anymore. So would you come on already?"

Starsky grinned faintly. "Alright, I'm coming. Just need to make one more stop."

"What, the OR?" Hutch snarled. He didn't even know he had such a deep well of sarcasm in him. It tasted bad and he wished it would go away.

"Hey, I died in here, you know. It has significance."

"OK, fine. You died. But now you're going to live... with me. Until I kill you."