[[ johnny opens his mouth to respond, but the sudden shift of diego's hand caused him to n o p e right on out. he jerks his back towards him, immediately rubbing the Weird off with the hand he had free. ]]

Intimate. I don't like that word coming from your mouth. [[ his gaze narrows. he's been around the block enough to know what diego is probably implying by 'intimate', as much as he hates to imagine that with dino in the room. ]] This is bullshit. Now I'm some moon battery that gets charged up from skin-to-skin contact? What kind of joke is this? [[ he sure can't deny that his hand was very warm just now, though! and since he can't deny it, he's just not going to bring it up! ]]

Alright, I guess you held up your end. [[ now it's time to pay up. he speaks shortly and concisely, the less details and recounting, the better. ]] Short version: Valentine is dead. I killed him. Gyro is dead, Valentine did that. I'm pretty sure Hot Pants is dead too, no thanks to you.