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    “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said it like that. It was my pleasure, really. Some grandma tried to pull my pants down, and my favorite bodega gave me enough free pastrami for the next month,” he smiles, bumping shoulders again with Peter. Peter selfishly thinks that he could have used the free food more than Johnny, on account of his crippling poverty, but keeps his mouth shut. “Every time I do ground-level work, I remember how satisfying it is. And I only get to do ground-level work with you. I feel like I should be thanking you.” 

    “Are you kidding me?! Whenever I’m injured, the Four patches me up, for free. You take care of New York for me when I can’t. You’re always there when I need you to be. If this is a competition, then you’re beating me, fair and square.” 

    “If me being connected to this city and its people is beating you, then I want to beat you for the rest of my life.” 

    Peter softens. He reaches forward and touches Johnny’s arm. “I’d like that.” 

    After a horrific incident on an August afternoon in which eight people die, Peter finds solace in his best friend. 

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