time_consuming
raze
he
looked
very
old
for
someone
so
young
.
his
clothes
were
torn
rags,
soaked
through
with
the
oil
skin
provides.
his
brown
eyes
burned
red
.
when
he
spoke
,
his
breath
was
a
revelation
, sweeter
than
anything
a
mouth
should
ever
be
born
to
carry
.
"
i'll
eat
all
your
time
,"
he
said
. "
i'm
a
hungry
boy
,
and
my
teeth
are
sharper
than
they've
ever
been
.
but
you
don't
have
much
time
to
give
.
so
we'll
call
it
a
snack
— fuel
to
bridge
the
gap
between
feedings."
i
gave
him
what
i
had
.
he
tore
into
it
like
a
wild
animal
remembering
his
place
incremental
-wise,
with
each
voluntary seizure
of
the
jaw
triggering
another
moment
of
recognition
.
i
couldn't
let
him
starve
.
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