jump into the fog (слэш)

V looks anywhere but Goro’s eyes.
“…thanks, Goro. For – for everything, I guess.”
Goro huffs indignantly. “V, now is hardly the time to –“
V cuts him off.
“No, this is definitely the time. I’m dying, Goro. I’m living on borrowed time, anytime I fall asleep could be my last. At any fucking moment, I could keel over and when I get back up, my body belongs to a shitty rock musician turned terrorist from the 20’s, cause there’s tiny little fucking robots in my head turning my brain into literal soup - that is, the part of my brain that wasn’t torn away by a small calibre bullet. So you know what, yeah, this is absolutely the time.”
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When V rescues Takemura from the collapsing hideout after their meeting with Hanako Arasaka takes a disastrous turn for the worst, he refuses to let the injured ronin run off by himself, instead taking him out far into the Badlands. Under the flickering neon light of a dingy motel bathroom, they wrench stray bullets and reluctant confessions out of each other – and perhaps the old dog can be taught some new tricks, after all.