[YOU ARE A GOOD FRIEND, NICK. Alas, Kotetsu's drunk!mind is sadly one-track, at the moment. He sort of slumps forward against Nick, as if his thoughts and fears were a great physical burden on him right now.]
Not...what I meant.
[...]
What'f they kill 'er, Nick. What'f they're just gonna make 'er disappear and it's never even gonna make the news. What if...
[His voice grows a little shaky, and he struggles to keep it from cracking because some part of his brain even now tells him he can't break down in front of Nick like this.]
What if...they get 'way with it 'cause th' only ones who'd think to question it's network people, an' then they can jus' pick us off too....
action!
Not...what I meant.
[...]
What'f they kill 'er, Nick. What'f they're just gonna make 'er disappear and it's never even gonna make the news. What if...
[His voice grows a little shaky, and he struggles to keep it from cracking because some part of his brain even now tells him he can't break down in front of Nick like this.]
What if...they get 'way with it 'cause th' only ones who'd think to question it's network people, an' then they can jus' pick us off too....