"I don't care!" Gritting his teeth, Wagtail locks on to Ken even tighter, though the knowledge of his death creeps all through him— under his fingernails, up each of his veins, settling in the core of his being. It's a lot, but he's his mother's son; he's been alone more than he's been loved; he's lived half his life with death one false move away.
"Kill me, if you're going to! Go on! I dare you! But I won't let go! You're going to have to kill me to make me give up on you, Ken."
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"Kill me, if you're going to! Go on! I dare you! But I won't let go! You're going to have to kill me to make me give up on you, Ken."