On one side was Riko’s scathing, “I will bleed this out of him,” Kevin’s weary, “They were supposed to be a warning, Jean,” and a thousand judgmental slurs hurled his way with devastating accuracy. On the other was Neil’s blasé, “I’m sure he knows,” when Jean warned him to hide Andrew from Ichirou, the Trojans’ casual acceptance of their floozy line, and a partnership that somehow survived twenty-eight years in this heartless world.
