It's always bin a bloody world, she says. Only nowadays, some people's blood is better than others.

Lugh's decided to stick with bein mad at me. It's like traveling with a storm cloud. One of them that hangs low an heavy. The kind that builds an broods an keeps on buildin an brood in till everybody's got a sick headache.

Ever heard of the rule of three? he shouts as we run.
No!
If you save somebody's life three times, their life belongs to you. You saved my life today, that makes once. Save it twice more an I'm all yers.

Fer in our dreams we find ourselves. Who we were. Who we are. Who we can become. Sleep. Dream.

I never knew that missin somebody could hurt, I says. But it does. Deep inside. Like it's in my bones. We ain't never bin apart till now. Never. I dunno how to be without him. It's like... I ain't nuthin.

Marry me, he says. I got all my own teeth, I wash twice a year an I'll cut you in fer half the business here.