[ Will waited until there was that bit of space, weighing every action Verger took. They were not the actions of Mason Verger. Will was confused and scared, but these were not new emotions. They were old friends, friends that had been absent while he'd been in Duplicity, with the anchoring friendship of the voice who was speaking to him.
But old friends all the same.
Eventually Will leaned forward and caught the end of the sheet. He drew it towards himself and wrapped up in it like a mongoose burrito. He kept his head down but it was deliberate.
Prosopagnosia. He knew that wasn't the exact condition he was experiencing but he suspected that it might help to approach the deeply embedded hallucination in the same manner. So long as he didn't look at Barnes, he could focus on the familiar voice.
And the familiar humor. ]
Ssssss....oohunds like old times. [ He gritted out and as his teeth chattered and he stumbled over the first word, the cold hit Will hard. Bone deep and frigid in a way that he'd never experienced. Even when ice fishing for hours. ]
Whhhaats hap ... hap 'ing? [ He kept biting his tongue and his teeth sounded like kettle drums in his own mouth as they rattled together. ]
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But old friends all the same.
Eventually Will leaned forward and caught the end of the sheet. He drew it towards himself and wrapped up in it like a mongoose burrito. He kept his head down but it was deliberate.
Prosopagnosia. He knew that wasn't the exact condition he was experiencing but he suspected that it might help to approach the deeply embedded hallucination in the same manner. So long as he didn't look at Barnes, he could focus on the familiar voice.
And the familiar humor. ]
Ssssss....oohunds like old times. [ He gritted out and as his teeth chattered and he stumbled over the first word, the cold hit Will hard. Bone deep and frigid in a way that he'd never experienced. Even when ice fishing for hours. ]
Whhhaats hap ... hap 'ing? [ He kept biting his tongue and his teeth sounded like kettle drums in his own mouth as they rattled together. ]