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assassinwithahairpin) wrote2016-11-12 03:11 am
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Texas was blistering hot, in a way that Park Bokyung had never known in Korea or in western Washington. He'd been traveling for four days, exhaustion starting to set in. The horse he had was a skinny thing--bought from an Arapaho tradesmen when he'd crossed through Colorado for more than Bokyung had really been able to spare, but it was a resilient thing. He could commiserate with that.
He came into a small town, unsure what it was called or where he was on the map. It didn't really matter. He wasn't near enough the Rio Grande to really orient himself. Just passing through scrub and sand and a hundred miles of blue skies in every direction.
People were staring. Bokyung was used to that, and so he paid it no real mind. He approached the boarding house and left his little Arapaho mustang at the post as he went in and inquired for room. The matron at the front said there was none but to try and saloon, as it might be more to his style. He highly doubted that, but unhitched his horse and went over to the saloon instead.
It was an effort to ignore the stares. Hadn't any of these men ever seen an Oriental before? There were rail tracks laid not too far from here--he knew from crossing them--which meant they must have seen some variety at some point. Unless it was a rare track laid by Irish and Germans. But Bokyung doubted that.
The music in the saloon did not stop when he stepped in. Nothing did. That was certainly preferable.
He came into a small town, unsure what it was called or where he was on the map. It didn't really matter. He wasn't near enough the Rio Grande to really orient himself. Just passing through scrub and sand and a hundred miles of blue skies in every direction.
People were staring. Bokyung was used to that, and so he paid it no real mind. He approached the boarding house and left his little Arapaho mustang at the post as he went in and inquired for room. The matron at the front said there was none but to try and saloon, as it might be more to his style. He highly doubted that, but unhitched his horse and went over to the saloon instead.
It was an effort to ignore the stares. Hadn't any of these men ever seen an Oriental before? There were rail tracks laid not too far from here--he knew from crossing them--which meant they must have seen some variety at some point. Unless it was a rare track laid by Irish and Germans. But Bokyung doubted that.
The music in the saloon did not stop when he stepped in. Nothing did. That was certainly preferable.
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Even as he asked Goodnight loosened the saddlebag resting by his right knee. He drew even with Bokyung and offered it over. Inside he had a few biscuits left and some salt pork. He had every intention of getting more of both before skipping town but he could make due if they didn't hit somewhere civilized in the next day or two.
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He let the silence stretch a bit while Bokyung ate.
"What exactly are you running from?" He asked after a few miles passed. "The warrant only lists the charges and that's hardly a story."
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He shrugged. "Never actually seen the warrant. Not sure what it's for."
That was not an answer, but it would inform his.
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He didn't really know how to take that sort of dismissive tone on the last bit, though. What was that supposed to mean? Did it mean anything?
He said nothing.
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Goodnight didn't exactly expect to get much information, not so soon after technically apprehending the young man. But it was worth a try.
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Not that it actually put him off any. If Bokyung preferred silent bristling, Goodnight could endure that.
He just wouldn't endure it quietly.
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That was a lie, and such an obvious one, but he'd much prefer that he be left to his thoughts than harangued for the next however far they were going to travel.
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For the most part, he was, again, just considering the logistics of getting out of the situation.
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"We're stopping for the night," he announced when he saw a promising copse of trees on the edge of stream they'd been following on and off for hours.
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They came to the edge of the copse and Bokyung slid, exhausted, from the back of his horse. He still said nothing for a moment, naturally and easily following into getting the camp ready. He wasn't entirely sure he trusted this well dressed warrant officer to know how.
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"There's more food in one of those saddle bags," he said, gesturing at some of the ones he'd dropped by his bedroll.
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When it was done he divided it into a bowl and a mug. He leaned to put the bowl and a spoon next to Bokyung.
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