Why...do you find this...distracting?

“Yes. I killed him. And buried her in flowers," I say. "And I sang her to sleep.”

“I guess there isn’t a rule book for what might be unacceptable to do to another…”

“Beware, Underlanders, time hangs by a thread.The hunters are hunted, white wate…”

“Then, in my most careful handwriting, come all the details it would be a crime …”