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　　“ Giraffe, the last time you thought I was upset, you offered me a molotov cocktail. What, did you hear that in a film and now you wanna repeat it? ”

     And leaves.

Waltz by Shuuzou Oshimi

Yves Olade, from When Rome Falls; Bloodsport, 2017

Lake Mungo (Joel Anderson, 2008)

        ❛  i don’t mean ‘ drowning ’ in the literally sense , so consider me not fucked .  ❜  

     “......hm.”

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　　“ Uh… ”  Why has her mind suddenly gone blank at that statement? She already struggles with how to treat Giraffe, so something about this making her feel like she needs to jump into a caretaker role is apparently causing her to short-circuit.   “ …Uh. Do you need to lay down…? ”

     His hand opens and closes. He wants to grab hold of her, to ground himself, but he’s seen how she looks at him. He shakes his head. (He doesn’t want to make her angry. Doesn’t want to ruin it.) His ribs feel tight around his lungs, and they’re getting tighter. “I need — I need to get out of here.”