(He punches Tsukioka in the stomach.)Tsukioka: Sa... no... Sanosuke: Don't think badly of me.(Tsukioka collapses.)Sanosuke: Sorry I had to make troubl... for you, Kenshin. Hey. If I'd gone along with him, you'd have taken me out too, right?Kenshin: Yes... because I couldn't let this halfhearted conspiracy go by. Forgive me.(Sanosuke smiles, very faintly.)Sanosuke: Thanks.(Later. Tsukioka groans, then sits bolt upright.)Tsukioka: This is... my room. (He catches sight of the now-empty. Fucking Jerry’s Ford was just as fast as Dan’s Impala. But on the straight stretch up Donahue mountain out East of town he got a good quarter mile away, sailing right by a cop. The cop caught Jerry, but he didn’t catch Dan. Not that night, anyway, they showed up at his house the next day. The fucking newspapers had a field day with all of that, news around their seaside city was usually how good the Crab festival was and crap like that. Sex? 100 MPH car chases, major fist fights while naked. My own dick softened as my fear for what he was contemplating about grew. I wanted to jump away when I felt Joey reached down between us, then relaxed when he ran his finger up my crack to my asshole. But when I realized his cum covered finger was rising up to his mouth, I had to close my eyes and fight the retching sensations growing in my stomach.After Joey finished his smacking sounds, he licked the side of my face near my right ear and said, "Your turn."When I didn't respond, he said, "I. " I will stop chopping down your tree." It is too late, already its life drains away." What can I do?" My powers are almost gone, but if you take me as wife, our bonding willheal the tree." What of our children?" We will have only one child. After I give birth, you must raise ourchild." But why?" I must merge with the tree to keep us both alive." What can I do?" Come and tend the tree and when our child reaches puberty, bring ourchild here."[-][+][-]"Grandpa, am I that child?" Yes, I am." Why.