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IC INBOX (MASKORMENACE)

"You've reached Matt Murdock, Attorney at Law. I'm not available right now, but if you leave a message, I'll get back to you at the earliest possible moment I can. And please, no texts."

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Alright, alright. Maybe you're not the only one who has worrying hobbies on the side.

I think all of us qualify for having a "worrying hobby."

That sounds like what Foggy would call it.

I never asked before, I always just assume you're from the same time as me, do you know what happens to Foggy?

...yeah. He's still alive, thank god. It was- it got ugly, for awhile.

It was. I would have told you, if you didn't know. No one wants to be left in the dark.

...do you remember talking with me about faking his death?

I don't. Not a surprising choice to take, all things considered. That makes you further ahead than me.

[Matt sighs, and takes the moment to swallow, trying to keep his voice steady. The effort is obvious.]

The Sons of the Serpent held his life hostage. The carrot to the stick of letting him die, blackmail with my identity. They came to his hospital room.

My secret's...it's not worth his life. It never was. So I gave it up. But I can't let that happen again. It's too much, Hank.

Matt, we've both been doing this a long time. We knew the risk and dived right in anyway. It's not the best for the people around us, or even for ourselves. But ...

Let me ask you this, would you rather it be someone else doing this?

Nobody else could do it.

[It has to be him. It's always going to be him. He can't walk away from that lightly.]

It's worth it, Matt. Foggy understands, so does Ms. McDuffie.

Which is more than I deserve.

Come on, Matt. You get what you give. And you give a lot of yourself to this.

And it's not supposed to be easy.

Was it ever?

Well, maybe a little, in the beginning. When it was just busting bad guys, bringing my dad's killer to justice. One big adventure. You didn't have any moments like that?

When it was just me and Jan, sure. There were moments. That was so long ago, it's another life time.

The more you get knocked down, the easier it gets to pick yourself up. Isn't that what they say?

Only the people who haven't been knocked down.

Frankly, I don't think we ever learned to stay down.

Have you always been this upbeat?

It's a fact. We wouldn't still be doing this if we did. Heck, sometimes I think we should have stayed down.

Is that really what you think, Hank?

[Matt is listening very carefully for the truth here.]

[ When hasn't Hank been honest to Matt (besides that whole thing about working with Tony). ]

The times that I think it's true? Yes, it is.

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