[ evan almost argues. his father might hate david, but he'd see the value in a ransom, or a trade, or just a general hostage situation. why start a war so quickly over his own idiot son's actions? but there's other people there who don't have that foresight or self-control. they'd kill david first, even if it got them killed.

stupid idea anyway. evan looks down at the last inch or two of beer in his glass. ]

Get us both killed that way. Someone'll rob us. Don't think we're in great condition to fight that off.

[ or they'll end up at the police station. drunk and disorderly and beat to all hell. no, he's not interested in that right now, either. ]

Got a place about three blocks from here. Not much in it, but.

[ he doesn't think about the same thing david does - that he's letting david in on a secret, a place he hides out in, a place to take back home to raid later. partly because he's lightheaded enough not to realize it, but also because he hasn't used it in three years. it's got nothing valuable in it. just a bed, a kitchen - it was supposed to be an outpost, but they changed tactics. he just never stopped paying the rent. ]