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[cheapbastard]

i ain't here to commiserate or shit like that
you wanna feel like shit, feel like shit
no one's gonna baby you

but i've had a little to drink, the stars all look the same so i'm curious
tell me your biggest sin
come on, i was the fuckin' preacher back in that shitty town
i listened to all kinds of shit from those people
none of you shits came to visit so

cleanse yourself
get it off your chest
or make something up to entertain me.

( he doesn't expect anyone to actually go confessing their sins but hey, maybe they'll get creative and he'll have his fun for the night. )

come on, i'll tell you mine if you tell me yours.
if you don't wanna share, tell me, you think the end justifies the means?
would you be willing to do some nasty shit to get the best result in the end?

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[spoilers]

Isn't the idea of confessing one's sins to alleviate guilt? I'm afraid I haven't much of that. Which I expect answers your question.

[cheapbastard]

really now?

no guilt at all?
not that i don't believe you but that's pretty unusual
most people have a bit

at least a little
none at all?

[spoilers]

Technically, I said I didn't have much.
Not enough to need a confessional.

Semi-reformed psychopath.
Still working on my conscience.

[cheapbastard]

( there are some interesting people on this station, aren't there? )

i been called a psychopath a few times in my life
don't know if anyone would say i'm reformed.
kinda don't wanna be

[spoilers]

I'd say you're in good company.
What's your story then? One psychopath to another.

[cheapbastard]

honestly wouldn't even know where to start
used to be military
but they couldn't handle me
so now i kinda do my own thing
and fuck up supes who think they can get away with anything

( it's simplistic and vague but not untrue. )

[spoilers]

I don't know, sweetie, that sounds almost decent.

I was raised to kill a demon. Of course, he was just a man, but you'll believe all kinds of things when you're a child. So I grew up and I did. Then I married him.

[ He probably shouldn't put much thought into the order of events. ]

[cheapbastard]

you don't think i'm gonna tell you all the juicy bits where everyone else can see 'em, do you?
i gotta keep my aura of mystery, you know.

why'd you kill him, then?
if he was just a man, didn't that make you a murderer?

[spoilers]

I do love a mystery.

Because I didn't know what he was, only what I believed he would cause.
And he's still alive.

[ Oh, but she is a murderer. She just hasn't murdered that particular man. Well, she did. But she brought him back. ]

[cheapbastard]

( welcome to the murder club. there's probably a lot of them that belong to it here. but a lot fewer that don't really give a shit that it's a thing that they did. )

still married to him, then?

[spoilers]

I only tried to kill him twice.

[ An underestimation, but only two serious attempts. Also a 'yes.' ]

That's quite good for some of his marriages.
And some of mine.

[cheapbastard]

so, how the fuck long is that then?
that you've been married to this guy who was a demon but wasn't
and you killed.

it's the start of a good fuckin' movie.

[spoilers]

That's not the easiest question to answer.
Days? Centuries? A thousand years?
Longer from his perspective than mine.
More than half my life.

Stories have been written about us.

[cheapbastard]

must've missed those
but i wasn't a big reader
always preferred a good movie.

but that's a long fuckin' time to be with one person

[spoilers]

Even one you've tried to kill?

We haven't spent all of it together.
Not the settling down types.

[cheapbastard]

i been married
never tried to kill her.
but no one told me she was a demon or anything.

( someone else beat him to it, though. )

after all that
started to think i'm just not meant for it

[spoilers]

No. I'm not really either.
He's the exception.
Most people seem to understand.
At least why I married him.
It's why he married me they have trouble with.

I guess people like you and me don't come across as good spouse material.
It might have something to do with calling ourselves psychopaths.

[cheapbastard]

yeah well, if the shoe fits and all
wouldn't want to lie about how i am
that would be rude.

( because he's never rude, not once in his life. )

i don't put it on my business card or anything.

[spoilers]

Don't you?
I thought about having it embossed in gold foil.

Fortunately, I think my husband finds it something of an attractive quality.

[cheapbastard]

yeah, i don't think my wife would
but i adapt for the environment and all
s'what i do.

and if that means being a psychopath
that's what i'm gonna be
billy butcher, psychopath, esquire all that shit.

wouldn't even fit on a business card

[spoilers]

I'd say we have that in common.

The print would have to be awfully small.
You've certainly a name for it, though.

[cheapbastard]

don't i?
it's real and everything
guess i got lucky there.

billy butcher, at your service

[spoilers]

River Song, at yours.
Real in a fashion.
Of all the names I've had, I think it suits me best.

[cheapbastard]

you just keep saying things that make you more interesting
i've never had another name
but now i want one

[spoilers]

Well, I do try, sweetie.
I recommend changing it up now and then.
Keeps people guessing.