I start to back away before I do something wildly inappropriate, like jump on top of him.

“...into hate, into refusal, against hope and without fear”

“i suppose that's the secret, if you're ever wishing for things to back the way …”

“Most of the time one night blends into the next and weeks blend into weeks and …”

“-"your nocturna will never take another human, not for all the length of time i…”