"I'm, I'm hoping now that we, we won't, we won't have Five breathing down, down our necks for, for a few months, we, we'll be, be able to, to actually chat, chat normally again," Russell said.
"Heh, I, I wouldn't want to, to put them in, in any danger, but heh, I'll, I'll try and, and keep that in, in mind," Russell agreed, "And, and if, if any, any friends need my, my help, I'll, I'll gladly come, come running."
"Y-yeah, it, it was a, a coincidence," Russell said, "Well, um, I've, I've been one for, for a, a while, but, but didn't find out until, until rec-recently. Apparently, a, a lot of things played, played a part, like, like my, my proximity with, with the supernatural, the, the close calls I, I had gone through al-already, and, and well, I, I ap-apparently was, was supposed to, to die but, but I, I narrowly got, got out, and then I, I became an, an Undying."
Russell still didn't fully understand it himself, but that was what he had been told. But then he nodded.
"Y-yeah, I, I don't blame him," Russell said, "I'm, I'm small and, and a, a beanpole and, and acted like I, I was too, too afraid to, to do anything for, for a bit. I, I mean, I, I was scared, but, but I, I knew I, I had to, to bide my, my time too. Just, just wait for, for the right moment to, to catch him off, off guard."
But he couldn't help but smile at the comment.
"Heh, no, he, he didn't, he didn't take it and, and that was, that was what saved me in, in the end," Russell said, "He, he was, he was arrogant and, and thought he, he had the, the comp-complete upper, upper hand. But once I, I got him on, on the ground, I, I ran for it."
But the smile softened and there was warmth in his blue eyes at that.
"Y-yeah, we, we did," Russell said, "And, and I'm, I'm glad you, you didn't get, get caught up in, in that. I uh, I, I'm sure you, you would, would have been fine, but, but it, it doesn't mean you, you should have to, to, to face someone like, like that."