“What? Oh, Jesus Christ… you’re not the one who’s allowed to come to that conclusion. By bringing it up, you’re making me want to hold out longer.”
“But if I didn’t bring it up then you’d forget. And if you forgot then you might not remember to employ it when we–
Oh dear. You’re right, I shouldn’t have mentioned it at all. Redo?”
Carlos pressed his lips together almost painfully. He didn’t want to get into the hurting again – he didn’t! But it was really hard to remember how easy it was to get hurt when it had been months ago.
“Are you… are you doing any better, Kevin? At all?” he asked, his voice painfully even.
The Perfect Scientist 