Sick fuck. And Zack has no idea. He still just thinks they're friends.

[ the information, all in pieces, begins to take shape. Reno makes a disgusted sound. ]

Little bastard with nothing to lose and everything to gain escapes the basement with his ticket to fame and uses those last few minutes to save his own fucking skin and cut loose. Left Zack to die up there without his sword.

[ and they didn't get to him in time. he's positively nauseated. ]