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41 " Open your eyes to the magic around you. "
― Brom , The Child Thief
42 " Let's play," Peter said. "
43 " Mama," Peter cried. She didn't look up. The door shut. "
44 " If by weirdo he meant that Nick didn’t play grab-ass with the wannabes on the street corner, didn’t yank at his crotch and call girls bitches, didn’t wear oversized jerseys and pretend to be a gangsta all day, then yeah, Nick had to agree. "
45 " Growing up can really suck, he thought. And bad things sure as shit do happen to good people and for the most part the world just doesn’t give a crap. "
46 " Peter had two short swords strapped on his back, the belts crisscrossing his chest bandito style. A black splash of war paint covered his face, and his golden eyes gleamed out from the paint. He pulled his swords free, clanged them together, and all the Devils lined up on either side of him. (the Child Thief) "
47 " I bring fresh blood," Peter said and grinned. "
48 " Some things can never be left behind. "
49 " Peter wore a grin from ear to ear. "You did great! "
50 " If not so tragic, it would be laughable. Both sides os blinded by their fear and hate of each other that they couldn't see that they were all fighting for the same thing- for the men to leave this island. Insanity! "
51 " Peter shook his head, knowing that soon this little boy would be just as mean as these bigger kids, because meanness had an ugly way of spreading. "
52 " And you didn’t get children to trust you by gutting teenagers right in front of them, not even mean, ugly teenagers. That wasn’t the way to make new friends. "
53 " He looked up at the stars as though drinking in their magic, then back at her. "
54 " Peter had seen too much, knew too well that men-kind didn’t need an excuse to be cruel and murder one another. If it wasn’t drugs, then there was always something else. "
55 " Julio was willing to bet that Officer "I've Seen It All" Mac had never seen a horde of black-skinned demons wearing rags and armor and carrying swords and spears, dragging a naked woman and a chubby boy by a rope. No, he was willing to bet his left nut that even officer Mac had never seen such a thing. "
56 " You swore to me. Does your word mean nothing?"Peter smiled wickedly, like someone who had just called checkmate. "I had my fingers crossed.""What? What the fuck are you talking about?""That's the rules. You forgot to check. "