QUOTE : I’ve got so much inside me I have no idea about. I’m like the mayor of a city I’ve never seen.”<br /><br />He smiles at my phrasing. “If you knew the kind of little miracles happening every moment you breathe in, you wouldn’t be able to handle it. A valve could close and not open; an artery could split, you could die. At any moment. It’s nothing but miracles inside your tiny city.” He presses a kiss to my temple.<br /><br />“Holy shit.” I clutch at him.<br /><br />“You wouldn’t believe the stats on people who go to bed one night and never wake up. Normal, healthy people who aren’t even old.”<br /><br />“Why would you tell me this? Is this what you think about?”<br /><br />There’s the longest pause. “I used to. Not so much anymore.”<br /><br />“I think I preferred it when I thought I was full of white bones and red goo. Why am I now thinking about dying tonight?”<br /><br />“Now you see why I can’t do small talk.