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KIM KITSURAGI - His mouth hangs open as he writes, thinks. Jaw at rest.
EMPATHY - At peace. Relaxed.
ESPRIT DE CORPS - This is how he manages. Thoughts to paper. Burdens sloughing off his shoulders and flowing through the ink of his pen.
EMPATHY - Stowed away until it's easier to look at.
INTERFACING - The stroke of the rollerball is smooth across the pages of his Mnemotechnique.
PERCEPTION (SIGHT) - You can see the tips of his teeth below his lip. They are thin and beige.
YOU - So dear.
RHETORIC - Yellowed from years of smoking and lackluster dental care? The cost of the care is hard to justify in Revachol.
ENCYCLOPEDIA - "Overbite" refers to protrusion of the maxillary central incisors over the mandibular central incisors. That is, the upper teeth over the lower. While a mild overbite is normal in average dentition, more severe cases may cause complications in speaking, chewing, breathing, or the health of one's teeth and jaw.
PERCEPTION (SIGHT) - The dry, dusky brown of his lips gives way to the saliva-wet red of the flesh of his mouth. His lower lip hangs out, plump and full.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY - You want to kiss the line where the chapped outer skin meets the wet inside. You want to suck it into your mouth and bite, like into thick bacon. Delicious. Fat. Chewy. Full of the salt and calories you crave.
HALF LIGHT - TO SURVIVE.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY - Who knew survival tasted so good? Yum yum.
INLAND EMPIRE - She was right.
KIM KITSURAGI - He turns to you with the sweetest eyes you've ever seen.
LOGIC - He is just looking at you normally.
AUTHORITY - Protect him.
HALF LIGHT - Protect him.
SHIVERS - PROTECT HIM.
KIM KITSURAGI - "Harry?"
PAIN THRESHOLD - It's a lancet through your heart.
HAND-EYE COORDINATION - He has medical training. He told you himself he's worked on bodies. He could do it.
INLAND EMPIRE - Your body grey and muted on the slab. Empty, for him.
KIM KITSURAGI - He touches you, palm to your bicep. Bringing you back.