[Too late: it registers with Mickey that it was just another deflection, but he's hurting now anyway, and he's not in any place to be able to swallow it down. Now someone else needs to hurt, too.]
Him who?
[Something occurs to him suddenly -- why is Cassel protesting this much? -- and his expression goes cloudy and troubled.]
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Him who?
[Something occurs to him suddenly -- why is Cassel protesting this much? -- and his expression goes cloudy and troubled.]
Was it Chris?