"If somebody hit you, you'd hit them back, right?"
I nodded. Seemed like an easy question.
"So you're just walking around every day waiting for someone
to take the first shot at you?"
That one made me pause. "Well, it's not like people are running
up punching me every few minutes."
"Doesn't matter. That 'Gentleman's Code' crap is just a giant
Mexican standoff, with everyone pent up, a single punch away from
Armageddon."
Hopefully it was just the alcohol, but Parker was starting to make
sense.
"Tonight, we let those emotions out."
"And we start with that guy right there."
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