Backs
Both words in one sentence
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Ostensibly it's for people trying to retire from the supervillain business but most of the people in it are still committing crimes behind each other's backs.
- If you convince Keldorn to reconcile with his family and retire, the other man immediately backs off and the affair is resolved to everyone's satisfaction.
Source: Good Adultery, Bad Adultery - At the end of the first Firefly comic, Mal intentionally uses the large money cache the group had found to bribe an Alliance soldier off their backs, sending the crew right back into Perpetual Poverty and preventing himself — and the crew — from being able to peacefully retire.
Source: In Harm's Way
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