He slept in an awkward position and breathed so shallowly that I had to check he was still alive, he was the most corpse-like looking human without being a corpse I had ever seen. I felt out of my de
Nothing much happened from then on. It was before he proved to be just too far, before she proved herself to be inept at situations. Irrevocably.
Sometimes the water plucked at the metal strings, no sound came. It sailed, the thin wood buoyant, hollow inside, a suitable vessel. It seemed blessed with safe passage....