I cross two fingers, a binary precaution against hex, effective as superconductor or simple superstition.

“It was a survival thing: he didn't answer back, didn't say anything about job s…”

“Memory is the great deceiver. Perhaps there are some individuals whose memories…”

“Also, in my bedroom, nobody minded if I kept the hall door half-open, allowing …”

“I think hell is something you carry around with you. Not somewhere you go.”