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"
Would
n't
want
to
get
blood
on
your
shirt
.
"
He
relaxed
.
I
started
to
peel
it
off
and
he
let
go
a
kick
for
my
kneecap
.
No
wind
up
.
Flat-footed
and
not
tense
.
Only
my
kneecap
was
n't
there
--
I
had
learned
.
A
real
fight
ordinarily
can
last
only
a
second
or
two
,
because
that
is
all
the
time
it
takes
to
kill
a
man
,
or
knock
him
out
,
or
disable
him
to
the
point
where
he
ca
n't
fight
.
But
we
had
agreed
to
avoid
inflicting
permanent
damage
;
this
changes
things
.
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We
were
both
young
,
in
top
condition
,
highly
trained
,
and
used
to
absorbing
punishment
.
Ace
was
bigger
,
I
was
maybe
a
touch
faster
.
Under
such
conditions
the
miserable
business
simply
has
to
go
on
until
one
or
the
other
is
too
beaten
down
to
continue
--
unless
a
fluke
settles
it
sooner
.
But
neither
one
of
us
was
allowing
any
flukes
;
we
were
professionals
and
wary
.
So
it
did
go
on
,
for
a
long
,
tedious
,
painful
time
.
Details
would
be
trivial
and
pointless
;
besides
,
I
had
no
time
to
take
notes
.
A
long
time
later
I
was
lying
on
my
back
and
Ace
was
flipping
water
in
my
face
.
He
looked
at
me
,
then
hauled
me
to
my
feet
,
shoved
me
against
a
bulkhead
,
steadied
me
.
"
Hit
me
!
"
"
Huh
?
"
I
was
dazed
and
seeing
double
.
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"
Johnnie
...
hit
me
.
"
His
face
was
floating
in
the
air
in
front
of
me
;
I
zeroed
in
on
it
and
slugged
it
with
all
the
force
in
my
body
,
hard
enough
to
mash
any
mosquito
in
poor
health
.
His
eyes
closed
and
he
slumped
to
the
deck
and
I
had
to
grab
at
a
stanchion
to
keep
from
following
him
.
He
got
slowly
up
.
"
Okay
,
Johnnie
,
"
he
said
,
shaking
his
head
,
"
I
've
had
my
lesson
.
You
wo
n't
have
any
more
lip
out
of
me
...
nor
out
of
anybody
in
the
section
.
Okay
?
"