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Chapter 45
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Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 10:02

I poured the juice into the glass, put it next to the other two with vodka, and covered it with a piece of black bread. Lelik was interesting and didn't drink alcohol "as a matter of principle," so let the juice stand as a memento for him. He was a guy with a sense of humor. So he wouldn't be offended.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 10:46

I live dimly. Four years ago, I didn't go to the cemetery for the first time on this day, and today, as if relieved, I don't even listen to the news of that day, with the declaration of a state of emergency on the record. No need to. At first, you carry it like a stone on you, then the stone dissolves in your soul and, if you're lucky, grinds away. I guess all the dust of those years has finally been kicked out of me.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 10:47

I was the fiercest in our company. It's even funny to remember. At some moment, I sent everyone to hell for a stupid reason and rushed to the army recruitment office. Two years in the army was not the worst place to be, especially at that time. I'd had worse. I'd been a lot worse. And the guys got in trouble a month later at another protest, consulted a lawyer hired by their parents, and got a suspended sentence. When the "merry year" began, they were transferred to social citizenship and sent to a settlement, where they perished. Only their mass grave remained. Who knew? Well, they managed to get Ninka out of it. She waited for me from the army... but what's the use? Time changes people. It does.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 10:50

But what the hell kind of "change" is that I'm still doing it now, just as I used to do it all the time.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 10:50

So, what's on my list for today? I should check the sewers - there must be a way out of town for the smugglers, right? Maybe I should do a quest to find their secret passageway. Because the walls of the city are solid, so there's no way out. Or try to sign up for a caravan?

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 10:51

I was distracted from my thoughts of escaping from Adar by the phone call.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 12:09

"Hello? Hello, Vitya. I am free as the wind. Yes? Easy. In an hour... okay, I'll be there."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 12:16

As I hung up, I smiled and shook my head.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:35

A year ago, there was Andryukha had an urgent need to sort out a contract to supply new equipment to his lab. And the year before that, the Werewolf had the good sense to send a young kid to the company to check it out. Biggboss had to call an ambulance afterward. He'd relaxed in his peaceful years. But that's all right, let him, he'll be healthier.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:37

We dragged an antique cabinet, with vignettes, bronzes, and other artistic trimmings, around a friend's flat for about fifteen minutes. The weight of the years had pressed the damn furniture too tightly to the ground, we had to make up "socks" for the legs, and in a couple of places, the parquet was scratched to the anguished groan of Vitka. At last, it was all over. The three-legged beast took the place assigned to it by the family council, and we, tired but contented, crawled away to the kitchen to sip our tea.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:39

"Vitya, why are you so sad?"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:40

"Hmm? I rushed home from work yesterday, went to bed for an hour, and then went to see a man you don't know. I came in, said hello, took off my hat, and it turned out that the cute kids had put tangerine stickers on daddy's forehead. They matched their mother. She also has great taste in art."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:42

I couldn't stand it, I chuckled, and Vitya stared at me reproachfully.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:43

"And what?"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:43

"The man laughed too. He had the same thing once. We got to talking. It worked out well. I wasn't expecting it myself."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:44

"Why so sad? Afraid next time they'll saw your head off and put it on your nightstand?"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:45

"No way! They have a good upbringing; if they cut it off, they'll put it in the fridge."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:45

"And you will learn the great secret of whether the lights go off there when they close the door!"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:48

"And I'll finally get some sleep! At least like this."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:48

"Speaking of food!" I took a bag of biscuits out of my bag and handed them to my friend. "It's for your little creative troublemakers."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:49

Vitya looked into the bag, sniffed and stretched thoughtfully:

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:50

"A lot of sweets are bad for children!"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:50

"What do you mean, you eat it yourself, you don't even share it with the brain-eaters?"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:51

"Why alone? I'll treat my wife!"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:52

"Valya doesn't like biscuits and grains. She's more of a muffin type, isn't she?"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:53

"She loves everything these days. From biscuits to plaster."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:53

"Oh, yeah! Come on, Teethpicker, give us a boost! You do the demographic plan for us, and we'll give you moral support!"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:54

"Vovka, you should open a restaurant. You love to feed people, and you can cook!"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:55

"Yes, I can just picture it - a big hall, heavy velvet drapes, tables covered with snow-white tablecloths. And I'm chasing a visitor around the room who dares not compliment my cooking."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:55

"Chasing with a knife?"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:55

"With a ladle. A big, two-liter ladle with a one-meter handle."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:56

"That's right, that sounds like you. Too bad. I'd take my wife there to rest. Anyway..."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:56

"What?"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:57

"You've changed, Vov. In November you were still the same, but now it's as if you've recovered."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:57

I thought about it, and shrugged.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:57

"I've been taking it easy for three months now, living peacefully, having a good time."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:58

"Are you still playing the game?"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:58

"Yeah, well, they're young, you know, you hang out with them, you rest your soul."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:59

"Gran-ny."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 18:59

"I hear from a father with many children. I was a bit of a wreck when I got fired. I wanted to do something about it. And then I wandered around the game world, interacting with people and NPCs."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 19:00

"Have you made new imaginary friends?"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 19:01

You shouldn't laugh. The world is amazingly well-drawn. People are just too lazy to look at it. Funny. You almost think about the consequences, and everyone yells "roleplayer"; you help people minimally, with an eye to the future, and they almost take it as the epitome of good.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 19:02

"I see what's going on with you. Already started to overthrow the next world evil?"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 19:07

"Worse! I found a loophole there, probably getting ready for a new patch; I'm using it until they shut it down."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 19:08

"Cheater!"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 19:08

"Ha. But they're hunting me hard now. The third day, I can't get out of town, and they kill me. Everyone wants to know about the bug."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 19:09

"Masochist."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 19:09

"A masochistic cheater! And I love it."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 19:09

"Whatever the kid does, it's better than smoking."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.23 в 19:11