Re: Nock
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:45 am
She was so close to him. It was like she'd never said those things she'd said, and maybe, maybe, he had a chance after all -
"Awright," Son says, and that is to Gloria, but there is a note of resignation, as well, a leg already swung over onto the ladder-steps. "Awright. We will, Noura. I jus' got in. I'm dead-tired, an' I got nothin' t'eat. M'eyes are tired, m'brain's tired, an' - it's dark, Noura." There is none of the bite, none of the snap, none of the irritability that so marked his voice. He only sounded what he was - tired, hungry, strained and torn all at once.
"I ain' sayin' I won't. Light comes around, I'll go straight out. But fer now, y'need carin' for, an' - an' Cherny's my friend, too. I want - need t'see 'ow 'e is. Okay?"
"Awright," Son says, and that is to Gloria, but there is a note of resignation, as well, a leg already swung over onto the ladder-steps. "Awright. We will, Noura. I jus' got in. I'm dead-tired, an' I got nothin' t'eat. M'eyes are tired, m'brain's tired, an' - it's dark, Noura." There is none of the bite, none of the snap, none of the irritability that so marked his voice. He only sounded what he was - tired, hungry, strained and torn all at once.
"I ain' sayin' I won't. Light comes around, I'll go straight out. But fer now, y'need carin' for, an' - an' Cherny's my friend, too. I want - need t'see 'ow 'e is. Okay?"