hang on
Grey just sighed. "One more time?"
It had the ring of a familiar phrase, an in-joke. Jack nodded at him. "Sure. If not us..."
D'Aubigny's smile was faint. "Who else?"
and then
Not you, the beast croaked. Not...not you.
"If not me..." Grey whispered, "who else?"
They fell without a sound.
FUCK












