he's been alive for so long now nothing much on this damn planet fazes him. you could p l u c k a man's eyes from his head in front of him and sweeney would strike a match off his cheek to light his cigarette. he'd seen and done most of what there was on this wide spot of land that most of it now blurred together.
still there was something about the thin man stepping from the shadow that had been completely unoccupied a moment before that sent a SHIVER down his spine. it was as if there was a whisper across his skin that dropped his heart into his stomach; but he did his best to look nonplussed, the end of his cigarette illuminating his face in the quiet night outside the dive bar.
❝ and just how long ya been standin' there ya creepy bastard? waitin’ fer a show...? ❞ he growls out, spitting onto the pavement. ❝ lemme guess -- i'm meant to be yer squealin' little pig on whatever wednesday has planned ? well newsflash, world, you're two paranoid peas in a pod -- the old man hasn't told me s h i t e . well, nothin' i rightly BELIEVE anyway... ❞