Let's check, then. If it doesn't work that way, fine. But—
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I don't want to be without a back-up plan. [He sighs, frustrated.] Look, I don't want to have to make that kind of choice, either. But if it comes down to it... you, me, Percy and Damian... We didn't go through all that crap for nothing. No way.
[It's better that they don't think about it in more detail than that, considering... Well. It will probably involve murder, and lots of it.]
Let's keep sleuthing. There's plenty of stuff we didn't learn in the town until we asked the right questions, or broke into the right place. Have you been talking to our oh-so-gracious hosts?
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I don't want to be without a back-up plan. [He sighs, frustrated.] Look, I don't want to have to make that kind of choice, either. But if it comes down to it... you, me, Percy and Damian... We didn't go through all that crap for nothing. No way.
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[Which is very simplistic, but it's difficult to think about in more detail than that.]
We've - got time. Our first priority should be figuring out a different way. If it doesn't look like we're going to find one after a few more weeks...
[Then, they can think harder about it.]
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[It's better that they don't think about it in more detail than that, considering... Well. It will probably involve murder, and lots of it.]
Let's keep sleuthing. There's plenty of stuff we didn't learn in the town until we asked the right questions, or broke into the right place. Have you been talking to our oh-so-gracious hosts?