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joey shrugs. “wanted to show you first.”
the wires hang off of susie's baggy sleeves, gathered against her chest; her voice is pitched like a bell, silvery with something that might have been joy. and joey thinks they can unclench their jaw, now. as if joey was waiting for her optimism. as if joey forgets that it is even an option, here.
anger is easier than grief or terror or pain. joey thinks that it has a taste, now, like the mist of blood that spills into their clothes when they are slashing and slashing and slashing. coppery. wet. maddening. a horrible god cursing in their mind.
maybe this is a reward for their brutality.
joey doesn’t fucking know.
"then let's do it," the grin is obvious in joey’s voice, the muffled rumble of laughter. joey feels their own pulse spike, anticipation red-hot in their veins. “we still got mortal kombat, right? just you watch, suz, i’m a pro.”