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"Oh yeah here" Brick dug out the stimpack and laid it in Aurora's lap "Give it to your sister, or Chase, or Reese, or hell, whoever needs it" He began walking back towards the shop "Offer's still on the table for you guys"

[h1][b][u]THE NEXT MORNING[/u][/b][/h1]

Brick woke up on the floor of the workshop. He must have passed out before making it to either of the beds, or the couch. Someone had found him like this though, and stuck one of the couch cushions under his head. He groaned as he felt a jolt of pain through his stiff shoulder. The wound had clotted over, making the cloth bandage stick to him like glue. He pushed himself to his feet and walked outside, stopping to grab a bottle of water on the way.

"Oh, good mornin" Joe said, greeting him at the door "How's the shoulder?"
"I'll live" Brick replied. He nodded down towards the town "Whats the damage like?"
"Not counting raiders? About 25 casualties. Population of this place just dropped by about half"
"Arthur?"
"He was one of them, yeah. The OBR Riflemen, 7 or 8 of the guys who helped us fight, and the rest were civvies"
"Shit. This is all my fault"
Joe rounded on him and looked him square in the face "You stow that shit right now. Right now. This isn't on you"
"I killed Hardy, drew them here"
"Even if you didn't, somebody would've come eventually. That other group wasn't here because of Hardy, they were just doing what raiders do"
"I can't help but feel responsible"
"We all feel responsible kid. The question is, what are you gonna do about it?"
"We'll move forward. More guards. Build up some real walls. And someone to mind the shop while I'm away. How's the clean-up going?"
"They dumped the raiders outside town, planning to burn em. Dragged that creature out there too. Douglas and Dan are preparing graves"
"That's good. You ok with being in charge of things here for a week or two?"
"I guess so"
"Spoken like a true leader" Brick said as he walked down the porch steps and headed off.

[i]'Check in on everyone, then to find Bullock and Starr'[/i]