He hadn't moved. Not an inch. But he heard her in his head. And her leaving just hit him as a thousand kinds of wrong.
"Usually I show up at someone's doorstep, tell 'em they have a destiny. Point them in a direction. And then I'm onto the next stop. But I get here, and you're in my head. We don't know each other, and I'm acting like you should know all this shit already."
He pulled out another cigarette.
"I dunno, maybe it's this town. It fucked me up once already. Bore a hole and skull-fucked me until I could barely see."
Whistler looked past Rhiannon. "Maybe I'm too early. Maybe it's just the way it is. Whatever's going on, I can't see what's comin' next.
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He hadn't moved. Not an inch. But he heard her in his head. And her leaving just hit him as a thousand kinds of wrong.
"Usually I show up at someone's doorstep, tell 'em they have a destiny. Point them in a direction. And then I'm onto the next stop. But I get here, and you're in my head. We don't know each other, and I'm acting like you should know all this shit already."
He pulled out another cigarette.
"I dunno, maybe it's this town. It fucked me up once already. Bore a hole and skull-fucked me until I could barely see."
Whistler looked past Rhiannon. "Maybe I'm too early. Maybe it's just the way it is. Whatever's going on, I can't see what's comin' next.
"And that scares the shit outta me."