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The three of them at a workbench. Alex's home Amp-Sim — much more refined than Dev's Mark IV — set up between them. Alex plugs the USB into the home rig. The new green guitar is plugged in. Jesse runs his hand across the strings without striking — testing the action, the response, the weight.
- JESSE…Dad.
- JESSEThis is the best guitar I've ever held.
- ALEXI know, mijo.
- ALEXI built it for you.
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Jesse, very small.
- JESSEI love you.
- ALEXI love you too.
- ALEXBoth of you.
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Dev, who has been quiet, beside them. Watching this. Allred — Dev's face. The brother who wasn't born to this man getting watched by him with the same love. Slow it.
- ALEXHey, Dev.
- DEVYeah.
- ALEXWhen you build your next Amp-Sim — and you will — I have some notes.
- DEV(small smile)Yes sir.
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Alex, gently, to both of them.
- ALEXBoys.
- ALEXI need to tell you both something.
- ALEXI am not going home with you.