"What did you come for, Javier?" Ricardo asked, although he already sensed the reason.

"I'm a man who always pays his debts, boy, you decided on my problem and I on yours, I just came to look for Armin's eyes, you have them ready, right?" Javier said with a smile on his face.

"Sure, sure..." Ricardo walked over to a box and took out a small vial with a pair of eyes on it and handed it to the bearded man.

"It really is a pity..." Barbubo said, looking at the pair of eyes in the vial fondly.

"The boy knew too much, and we are about to reach the port, it is better to clear our name these two weeks, don't you think?" Said Ricardo, trying to raise Javier's morale, who was somewhat depressed by the loss of Armin.

"It's a shame, it was fun while it lasted... But in the end it was like my father used to say, cute toys break easily ha ha ha" Javier laughed throughout the kitchen, while he placed his hand on his stomach.

"Ha, ha, ha" Ricardo accompanied, with some happiness to see that this friend of his was fine.

'How sick we are, but it's accept it or lose yourself….' Taras thought looking at the scene from the door, she had explained it quite clearly to Ricardo, until they reach the port there are only friends and enemies, there is no middle ground.

"As I said before, the debt was already settled last night and Tomás is already dead, I killed him last night, so he won't cause any more problems, otherwise I came to visit you for something else, boy" Javier said looking seriously at the young man cabin boy.

"Tonight they are going to try to kill Ron and make a mutiny, here is the list of names, there are 2000 badges per name, the captain pays for it, of course, but I want you as an intermediary, I don't want to see my name in the middle, guy". Javier said, patting Ricardo on the back and handing him a crumpled piece of paper.

"And what do I win or do we win?" Ricardo asked, somewhat worried by the news.

"500 caps per head, and they divide it between the two" Javier said with a confident smile, showing the few black teeth he had in his mouth

"Treatment!" Taras yelled from the door, almost instinctively, upon hearing the number.

After discussing the details, the three said goodbye with a smile, and when the door was closed the smile of the two boys disappeared.

"We're losing our minds more and more, Taras…" Ricardo said, somewhat embarrassed.

"Yes, but we're still alive and that's what matters, don't think about it so much, it wasn't wrong to kill a boy to save our asses". Taras answered, although he knew that it was easier for him, because Armir was just another fish that fell for the hook, but for Ricardo, he was a poor bastard.

"Armin was a good way to control Javier, but Tomas was a pain in the ass, and he had to die, it was difficult for us to kill him, just as it was difficult for Javier to kill Armin... it was a good exchange of favors" Taras said giving him some pats on the back of Ricardo

"Don't get depressed boy, this is not the time, only the strong survive in hard times, the time will come to mourn all these deaths"

"Tomás is dead, luckily, he knew too much... if the rest found out where the good ingredients came from, things could get dangerous for us" Ricardo answered a little more relaxed as if a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders , while I began to cook again.

"Otherwise, a riot is a good opportunity to search the warehouse and see if Paulo's drugs were really where Dima said" Taras said as he prepared some fish.

"With drugs, surviving is going to be easy, the problem this week is more the lack of alcohol, than the fact that people want to clear their name before reaching port " said Ricardo