When death captures me,' the boy vowed, 'he will feel my fist on his face.'

Personally, I quite like that. Such stupid gallantry.

Yes.

I like that a lot.

“The paper landed on the table, but the news was stapled to his chest. A tattoo.”

“The Charcoal SkySometimes you go to the wrong place, but the right way comes an…”

“Papa sat with me tonight. He brought the accordion down and sat close to where …”

“It's not the place, I think. It's the people. We'd have all been the same anywh…”