[oh, he's magnificent. isn't he magnificent? he gets hints and traces of every time he talks to him but really, but really. it's enough to have his lips tight against too many teeth, grinning despite himself. yes yes yes yes yes yes somebody not good not bad not afraid to play the game.
somebody who sees the big bad wolf and wants not to kill him for his furs, or just to be rid of him, nor to run away. somebody who has met with wolves before, somebody who knows how to stand and hold their eye and not worry too much one way or another whether or not he'll be eaten alive (he doesn't stink, doesn't stink a bit, not like fear stinks.)
this is rare. this is a rare phenomenon. he's something quite unique.]
If this is what you do to him I'm really not sure I need to waste the words.
[he's not right, not in all of it. right now, maybe, his interest is in what's got Barty's tongue tied, what could possibly be payment enough to keep a fiend's throat from vibrating and his mouth from making words (he's sold out others happily, readily - why not Will Graham?) but that's on Will. that's all on Will Graham.
truth told, he'd have asked Will's name either way.]
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somebody who sees the big bad wolf and wants not to kill him for his furs, or just to be rid of him, nor to run away. somebody who has met with wolves before, somebody who knows how to stand and hold their eye and not worry too much one way or another whether or not he'll be eaten alive (he doesn't stink, doesn't stink a bit, not like fear stinks.)
this is rare. this is a rare phenomenon. he's something quite unique.]
If this is what you do to him I'm really not sure I need to waste the words.
[he's not right, not in all of it. right now, maybe, his interest is in what's got Barty's tongue tied, what could possibly be payment enough to keep a fiend's throat from vibrating and his mouth from making words (he's sold out others happily, readily - why not Will Graham?) but that's on Will. that's all on Will Graham.
truth told, he'd have asked Will's name either way.]