[ Is telling, but only if you know the story; the natural state of windows and bars. It's been five years, but it was thirty before that. Iron, gaps. You wriggle. Slip out just as distraction does now: Attention more automatic than warmth. Another unwitting flash of belly.
You talk to sick men. You find the gaps. ]
She's coming back up.
[ A warning. Can't bring himself to make it a threat — worse, an apology. ]
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[ Is telling, but only if you know the story; the natural state of windows and bars. It's been five years, but it was thirty before that. Iron, gaps. You wriggle. Slip out just as distraction does now: Attention more automatic than warmth. Another unwitting flash of belly.
You talk to sick men. You find the gaps. ]
She's coming back up.
[ A warning. Can't bring himself to make it a threat — worse, an apology. ]