Jack Dawkins | The Artful Dodger (
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Backdate to beginning of the month - closed to Eponine
The Dodger knew most of the good fences in London, and a few of the bad ones an' all. He knew when to try to flog an item himself, when to pass it on, and when someone was clearly trying to sell him something they'd nick previously. It was a handy skill, especially when you wanted to annoy someone at one of the markets. Mostly he didn't care, because why should he, but occasionally he would have a nosy.
Today was one of those days he felt like he might stick his nose in. Depended on what happened, really
Today was one of those days he felt like he might stick his nose in. Depended on what happened, really
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He steps away. "So no, you ain't gettin' nothin' off me. You want money, you need to go learn how to actually thieve." He shook his head. "Insult to hose of us what have been learned in the arts."
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She backs off though, folding her arms around her skinny middle. "I should watch it. There are them what are more dangerous than I, boy. It is their money you have lost, and they might come after you for it."
After they have beaten Eponine and denied her her fix until she's come up with another way to pay the debt she owes already. Eponine already knows how that will end, but it doesn't mean that she has to like it.
"Your cockiness will get you killed, you know. It got -" Her voice catches. It got Gavroche. All that time ago, and the memory of him still makes her regret his death. "You should keep people like me onside, boy. Women like me, we bring trouble when we are wronged."
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"Got someone like you on side. An' they'll box me ears if I don't keep things straight."
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She closes in again on Dodger. "Look - it is worth fifty. Give me fifty and thieve the rest. I need it now. I don't have time for more thieving right now."
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"It ain't worth shit if it ain't wiped, an' what makes you think I got the time to go lifting?"