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He understood he was never a good person. Sid was rotten to the core, but so was he.
The only difference was that he was still a little smarter. After all… He knew how to use chips to cosy up to Sid. But sid… He used the chips given to him to fall deeper into the trap. It was a shame he wouldn’t know what hit him.
As for Vega… He wanted love. He wanted to be loved.
He had always been greedy. But deep down, even as a kid, he had never stopped craving attention.
He worked so hard to earn that Black Card, not just for the perks, but because he hoped that his childhood friend, Sid, would finally look at him differently.
But he still felt like a dog. He always had. Generations of his family had been dogs. Now the leash was just tighter.
Maybe Liszt had been right all along. True dignity wasn’t about luxury, it was about respect. It didn’t make a man elegant, but it made him something less like an animal.
In a wasteland that could grind men into monsters, that was the one thing no amount of chips could buy. People yearned for it, and would die for it. But Sid kept it all for himself.
Poor Sid…
Vega didn’t want to leave his old friend behind, but the ship was sinking and it was time to say goodbye.
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