[It comes back a little too easily, the defensiveness. That thing wiped the whole seven months clean, but it must have left the muscle memory.]
You're really gonna try and kill me here? [Jay hisses back, voice higher, almost incredulous.] In front of the entire Mansion?
[The entire Mansion is a bit of an overstatement. There's nobody around, nobody watching, no Tim waiting for the right opening to wrap his arm around Alex's neck, to bring the cement block down on his head.]
[This place is vast, but so's its population. If he screams, someone might hear.]
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[It comes back a little too easily, the defensiveness. That thing wiped the whole seven months clean, but it must have left the muscle memory.]
You're really gonna try and kill me here? [Jay hisses back, voice higher, almost incredulous.] In front of the entire Mansion?
[The entire Mansion is a bit of an overstatement. There's nobody around, nobody watching, no Tim waiting for the right opening to wrap his arm around Alex's neck, to bring the cement block down on his head.]
[This place is vast, but so's its population. If he screams, someone might hear.]
[Too bad he's never been the type to scream.]