17/03/2026 21:12

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I mean he's a nice enough guy, but as a friend, not as more. That one light touch made me shiver so violently that he had to steady me with a touch on my arm. That meant tonight. He had a point.

I'm not mad, I said. I just wanted to get to sleep. I don't think you get to answer questions like that for me, Richard. It was as if Primo were suddenly standing in the center of a reverse porcupine, a porcupine with spines the size of daggers.