&& bane is so cold that it BURNS. its tongue, however forked, misses not an inch, THUMP, THUMP, THUMPING and THROB, THROB, THROBBING in his throat, waging a war on the calm he had worked so hard to craft. everything is too LOUD. his pulse, the lights, the gaudy red lipstick She's wearing ——— ' STOP! '












