"Oh, he won't get caught. And it would take more than all the bounty hunters on Gunsmoke to kill Vash. He's the best gunman I've ever seen."

His admiration might be reluctant, but there are some things that are irrefutable: that the sun will rise, that the desert is wide, and that Vash the Stampede, soft-hearted idiot that he is, is the best shot on the whole planet.

"A whole town turned out to get him one time, and he ended up saving them instead. He's practically an act of God." He half-turns, letting Faye go through the doors first, and follows her with a crooked smile. "And you know that's really something, coming from me, right?

"But no one's ever going to get that reward. It's almost a shame."