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I knew he had The fineThe s I’d rehearsed in the bookstore abruptly vacatedhere," he said finally, real soft, "thinking to round’s so loose and the coffin’s gone Not even leavingI only told one person I was co in front of h"

I stared at hi time passed

"Ain’t a fool, woht you were"

"So, I’ I told that person exactly what I meant to do to the fuck that killed Jo, she came here because she wants to die Do you want to die, honey? Is that why you brought your sweet little ass here to er for oblivion froaze whipped toleft of the Lor I knew in those eyes The laughing playful Viking was gone So ancient, dark, and sadistic was all that re oblivion forsins How many people have you killed, Lor? Thousands? Tens of thousands? Who cries justice on you?"

He surged to his feet in one fluid ht on the other side of et "Nobody fucking cries justice on me We are the laays have been Alill be, babe"

"I don’t see it that way I see ato die if he kills me Is that what you want, honey? To die?" I ht your sweet ass over to me? Because that’s what you’re headed for if you think you can exonerate yourself for the deaths of sosomeone while I was possessed by the Sinsar Dubh At least I have the excuse of being possessed You don’t have an excuse You chose to do those things Who punishes you, Lor? God? Oh, wait, you’ll never die I see--that’s why you think you’re the law--because you never have to answer for anything you do But you’re not None of us are We fuck up Over and over And we get back up and try to do better That’s all any of us do"

Tears stungthe cold rave, and the inscription of her narief rowled, "I loved Jo You didn’t She mattered toto you I killed her You didn’t Who do you think is suffering the most here? ’Cause it Ain’t You Babe," I said with such vehemence that spittle sprayed on the force field between us

His eyes flared infinitesiotten started and couldn’t stop "Did you think you were going to find a victi and pity, castigating herself for every wrong she’s done someone? Wake the fuck up That’s not ht places while still being soft in the important ones You, my friend, are the one who’s fucked up You skip the whole self-loathing part and flash right into the loathing everyone else You shuck every soft part that et stuck in the idiot phase and never evolve beyond it Oh, poor Lor, who can’t love anyone because they all die! You want to look at it that way? Fine Be a baby Or you could realize that you get to love so damn many people, forever But, no, welcoht have loved--not even did love, justplanet because he’s pissed off and doesn’t--"

His hand was around ht through rabbed

I suffered no hesitation My brain instantly processed: Barrons said try a rocket launcher/Lor will always coain/the world has to be saved/this prick needs to learn to fearfor it nor a life

Then there was an autoun in my hand,into

I ja backward through the air, roared, and lunged for round and didn’t round out, "I trust I made my point," and sifted back to BB&B

When I returned to the bookstore--Barrons hadn’t dropped the wards but I’d given it wide berth this ti on the Chesterfield in the dark, waiting for s ell?

As well as could be expected, I suppose, I told hi

His eyes narrowed He heard you out?

I joined him on the sofa and snorted "Oh, he definitely heardht, a wave of raw, desperate lust flooded rabbed his head and kissed hi hi with energy and savagery and frustration because I’d really wanted to co of thehi hi hi wild in me that needed to be let out