[His eyes fix on their hands. Petre made it sound so normal with safe words and code gestures, like something everyone did, but he still has problems accepting that. Petre can be so convincing of anything, and he's fast on his mental feet when he wants things for himself.]
We hurt each other. That's what we do. The first time it happened, we fought so hard I would've killed him if - if he were human. He'd been messing with a friend's head, so I'd said my offer was off the table, but - that worked. It got me started. And since then -
[He feels sick. Physically sick, and just like a sick, sick person.]
- it always ends the same way. Last time I choked him. He kept my hand off enough that it couldn't finish him off, but I saw his face change... [That purple flush, the way his tongue lolled. It makes Cole shudder, and he leaves off there for now.]
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[His eyes fix on their hands. Petre made it sound so normal with safe words and code gestures, like something everyone did, but he still has problems accepting that. Petre can be so convincing of anything, and he's fast on his mental feet when he wants things for himself.]
We hurt each other. That's what we do. The first time it happened, we fought so hard I would've killed him if - if he were human. He'd been messing with a friend's head, so I'd said my offer was off the table, but - that worked. It got me started. And since then -
[He feels sick. Physically sick, and just like a sick, sick person.]
- it always ends the same way. Last time I choked him. He kept my hand off enough that it couldn't finish him off, but I saw his face change... [That purple flush, the way his tongue lolled. It makes Cole shudder, and he leaves off there for now.]