Mr. Zombie. R has to admit that has a ring to it, rolls right off a swollen tongue, and if he didn't have a name already he wouldn't have minded taking that one. It's so very Julie.
"Protect," R says with a wheeze. "I'll...stop them."
He feels more stung than he wants to admit. Does she have to throw out the word "stumbling" like that? He's good at stumbling and lurking in the shadows and that, coincidentally, makes him half-way decent at ambushing (provided he doesn't groan at the wrong time. He doesn't tell Julie that's happened before). If R stays in the shadows, then he thinks he has a good chance at taking down anyone trying to go for her. It's the best - make that only - plan he has. Apparently he's a one trick pony, because he defaults to Stash Julie Someplace and Hope For the Best yet again.
That there can be only one winner of the Games doesn't dawn on him.
R stands there ankle deep in the filthy water, trying to return that challenging stare of Julie's and annoyed to realize he can't ever match it. Talk about one-sided.
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"Protect," R says with a wheeze. "I'll...stop them."
He feels more stung than he wants to admit. Does she have to throw out the word "stumbling" like that? He's good at stumbling and lurking in the shadows and that, coincidentally, makes him half-way decent at ambushing (provided he doesn't groan at the wrong time. He doesn't tell Julie that's happened before). If R stays in the shadows, then he thinks he has a good chance at taking down anyone trying to go for her. It's the best - make that only - plan he has. Apparently he's a one trick pony, because he defaults to Stash Julie Someplace and Hope For the Best yet again.
That there can be only one winner of the Games doesn't dawn on him.
R stands there ankle deep in the filthy water, trying to return that challenging stare of Julie's and annoyed to realize he can't ever match it. Talk about one-sided.