Wild West - Chapter 2 - Part 20 - 5 minute freewrite challenge

James fired one up for himself and continued in the same tone. “A duck was far from my first choice also. But Ducköden’s smart. Very smart.” James was stuck in a somewhat deep and relaxed state of mind. He was used to achieving such a state for the sake of making long distances appear shorter – he was, after all, used to riding in solitude.

“Did you ever meet them?”

James laughed and snapped out of his peacefulness. “Waspira and Taranta? Hell no! I’d either be dead or on the way there if I did.”

Tom laughed along and continued with his questions – there was a lot of information he still needed to catch up with. “And they have gunslingers of their own?”

James nodded. “But there’s no knowing how many. Could be just one, but could just as easily be several.”

“Wait. If they have plenty, why does Ducköden only have the two of us?”

“About that. I don’t quite believe we’re His only two. I mean, really, with the amount of women I’ve fucked, I’d be surprised if none got pregnant, unless Ducköden took care of that too. Who knows what could have happened to those kids, I just know I never heard anything of them.” James somewhat laughed to himself, but the wrinkles on his forehead indicated he was indeed a bit worried about his own words.

They both puffed on their cigarettes, concerned with their newest discovery.