[ If, in the space of time in which he'd been kissing her, keeping her cinched up against him, some of that combative, tight-wound opposition settling as he kisses her.
A novelty, to kiss someone without death hanging overhead. Without having just watched friends getting carved up or dangle from hooks.
And then Billy presses this question into her mind and she goes rigid. ]
Where did you hear that name?
[ Breaking fully from his mouth, but not the circle of his arms. ]
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A novelty, to kiss someone without death hanging overhead. Without having just watched friends getting carved up or dangle from hooks.
And then Billy presses this question into her mind and she goes rigid. ]
Where did you hear that name?
[ Breaking fully from his mouth, but not the circle of his arms. ]