#ultshield

flash - bang - pow ... ! ! ! — the words hit like a good ol' punch to the chest, the red - hot danger zone of height - based insecurities flashing red alert - red alert ! he twists, he turns ... drawing himself up to his full height ( four - foot - eleven going on nil - foot - nothing ) even as his jaw works and his muscles tie themselves into knots, a world of effort holding back his usual tirade of swears and half - baked insults. he's rearing for a fight, has been since that good - for - nothing low life greed first showed his ugly face. but ( for once, and forgiving a few weakly thrown jabs ! ) edward has found himself trapped in the role of the bigger man, so his reply is little more than a grumble trapped behind a row of tightly clenched teeth :

❛❛ maybe you should watch it. keep commenting on people's heights and you might just end up with a mouth full of metal, pal. ❜❜