[ It comes out droll, all insolence and a low-burning intensity. Do something about it, old man. But that's the rub, isn't it? They know things about each other now.
Carver snorts. ]
They'd probably graduate to the real nasty shit. Not like I haven't taken a beating.
[ But it wouldn't just be a beating, he has a feeling. No, it'd be something worse. Something smarter.
His fingers twitch against the cane. ]
I don't take stillness well. I'm wired funny like that.
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[ It comes out droll, all insolence and a low-burning intensity. Do something about it, old man. But that's the rub, isn't it? They know things about each other now.
Carver snorts. ]
They'd probably graduate to the real nasty shit. Not like I haven't taken a beating.
[ But it wouldn't just be a beating, he has a feeling. No, it'd be something worse. Something smarter.
His fingers twitch against the cane. ]
I don't take stillness well. I'm wired funny like that.