I have your back. I didn't mean only when it's easy. All the time.
Sleep,โ he says. โI'll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you.โ โWith what?โ โMy bare hands, obviously.
In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.
You sadistic pansycake.
Sometimes it isn't fighting that's brave, its facing the death you know is coming.
Thank you for your honesty," Niles says. The Candor repeat the phrase under their breath. All around me are the words "Thank you for your honesty" at different volumes and pitches, and my anger begins to dissolve.