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Stevie nodded, but had no idea what he was talking about. She followed in silence, particularly because of the hour and because of her confusion. When they walked inside, she remained as quiet as before, only watching as the conversation between the other two commenced.

"Wait, you ain't gonna kill 'im, right?" she asked. She wasn't certain why she was asking, other than the fact she was a little squishy inside and preferred the living to the dead. Perhaps that was all the reason she needed? Though it was a bit embarrassing when on a ship full of people who probably didn't care as much.

Bender was not in a very laughy mood. Flavio's nervous laughter was answered with a deathly stare."Th' basterd'd deserve death, lass." He answered Stevie."Ya were me friend once, lad. I trusted ye 'n a delicate job. I considered ye close. Ya were a god damn highlight o' me tales o' grandeur! 'N look what ya're now. A maggot, ridiculed 'till death." Bender spoke angrily towards the Gnoll as he slowly unwrapped his linnen cloth to reveal what was inside." 'N yet... I still 'ave this respect fer ya. Somehow." What was inside were a bunch of half eaten chicken legs and some raw steak.

"I get what it's like, lad. Yer back was 'gainst th' wall, wasn't it? I've been there. There's no winnin' party when that happens." As he explained himself, the merciful captain fed Flavio the meat."I've burned men 'n women fer far less than ye. I've flayed folk fer betrayal. 'N yet here I am, feedin' ye ta halt yer sufferin'. Yer s'pposed ta die 'n I can't let ya. I'm growin' into 'n old senile fool, I am."

When the food was eaten he'd hold the bucket before Flavio's muzzle so he could drink."Here's what I offer. Yer ta become me dead man. Yer goin' ta become me shadow, me own personal spy. 'Ubungu's days 'r done fer, and yer goin' ta help me see to it. I cannot make ye a member o' me crew. Betrayal's still unforgivable aboard this 'ere ship. But ye will live. Endure fer a few more days 'n ye'll be free 'gain ta be hated by everyone. Do ya accept... old friend?"

And the stories say Bender's heart grew three times in size that day.

A certain stripe of man might have refused to be fed like this, but that was not the stripe of man Flavio was. He tore into the meat best he could and drank the water with gusto, it gave him at least a bit of energy back.

"I had second thoughts you know, that's why I came back to help you with Dirk..." Flavio said when he was done eating. "I didn't want to do it. But they caught me, somehow they knew of our past alliance and they'd learned of your map." The gnoll chuckled under his breath. "When you're hanging here, you think of all the things you could've done differently..."

Flavio hung silent for a moment, perhaps considering Benders question before nodding. "Sura... Hubungu's never going to let me go. I don't know what madness you're planning, but I accept." The gnoll sighed. "I can endure..."