( The searing child plays with dolls. The dollhouse that is them, is this city, the underlying sickness that isn't simple, is designed in the sense of it's cruelty.
He hates it, visceral in response, but to her, he offers a chin set to rest in her upturned palm. An exhalation like an unhappy grunt.
He could shift to talk about this, but naked bodies were complicated by others, so instead he stays like this, deeply unnerved, deeply unhappy He can't even bother to ape dog enough to wag his tail in one lazy sweep. Instead, he holds still. )
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He hates it, visceral in response, but to her, he offers a chin set to rest in her upturned palm. An exhalation like an unhappy grunt.
He could shift to talk about this, but naked bodies were complicated by others, so instead he stays like this, deeply unnerved, deeply unhappy He can't even bother to ape dog enough to wag his tail in one lazy sweep. Instead, he holds still. )