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[The video opens with Silco standing in front of an new establishment in the entertainment district. There is the sound of renovations coming from within, a pile of old debris and broken items off the side that will be repurposed. Still, the sign is lit up announcing the place.

Silco gestured with a hand at the new establishment, the corner of his mouth twitching in what might be his version of a smile.]

This is The Last Drop, a bar from my home in The Lanes. I have been blessed to have it brought here for all of you to enjoy with me. A little taste of my home called Zaun, and it is as rough as it is eclectic.

[He turned to look at the place as the sounds of hammering and saws continued inside. He didn't even seem annoyed at all.]

Apologies on the noise, but it's not in the state I previously left it due to a ruffian having a fight inside before it arrived here. It's unfortunate, but not unexpected given where it came from. Some people can't handle their liquor and emotions at the same time.

Anyway, The Last Drop will be open to serve the community of Aldrip in one week's time. I invite all of you to attend the grand opening. It will be quite the party.

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No need. She will come regardless and you know it. Just call me if she decides to break the place.

yeah. okay.

It's not about taking sides either. The Last Drop is your home.

its her home too. and urs.

It stopped being her home when she abandoned you. Then I made it a home for us.

marcus took her. u know that. dont twist the story.

He told you that, did he?

no, vi told me that. she got arrested by marcus and was in stillwater the whole time. i know marcus didnt tell u, and thats... whatever. but dont say she abandoned me.

[He relented. It wasn't worth this fight. He knew she was sensitive about it.]

Marcus had big dreams of having an ace in the hole, but he was too frightened to play his hand and by the time he thought to, she had already been released I expect. I dislike that she continually choses the enforcer over you. That's not loyalty.

well... things are different now. she spends time with me, calls me jinx, and accepts me. so. so we can... share the last drop if we just give it a shot and try.

Does she? How quaint. I don't believe I agreed to any sharing of my property with anyone but you.

and if i want to share it? then what, huh?

That outcome depends on whom you wish to share it with.

u know who.

That is not someone I would share living or business space with.

vi and i were raised in the last drop together! its just as much as hers and it is to me! she should have something. vi proved me enough that she does care for me or at least trying!

You think you two were the only ones that found salvation in youth there? She has her enforcer.

[ no reply, but message is being said she read it. ]

what if i take over the last drop instead?

For what point and purpose?

i was talking to vi. she said she'll stop, if you stop. she wants me to convince u to give her the last drop. i told her i wont do that and i tried to explain that no matter what she thinks, u deserve it too. after all the work u put into the place and keeping it from rotting. she doesnt see it that way. but theres one thing the two of u have both said to me. that the last drop is my home. its the only thing so far that u two agree on. so. if im in charge of the last drop, then neither of u will have to fight over who it belongs to. and i do remember how to run my café so. it cant be THAT different? maybe, i dont know, i was thinking one week u help me with stuff and then another week, she can help me. just alternate the work load.

And what is it that I am supposed to be stopping exactly? Are you suggesting a custody battle that ends withg a business where you are the intermediary and we have to share you and the property?

[Surely she was jesting.]

i dont know. and... yea?

And if I refuse?

then the two of u can kill each other over the stupid place. see if i care.

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