I loved the description in this line.
The voice knifed through Michael like an engine whistle, raising goose bumps on his arms and seizing all the air from his lungs.
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I'm a little puzzled trying to place when this is set. Cabooses were dropped from mainline service in the 1980's and now are only in limited use in yards and for transfers. There are only a couple of hundred still in use.
The business with the elf costume is another display of Devin's tendency towards controlling things without any input from Mac. Right now it's still minor stuff, but these things tend to snowball into bigger issues.
The holidays were nice, but did you really have to skip all the fun they could have had with Halloween?
Police are rarely comfortable endangering civilians in those roles. It can get complicated quickly. I'd call him an imformant. I had said earlier I think he approached them on his own. It makes perfect sense meeting in an out of the way place.
It's also evident Marco jumped to a conclusion they went farther in their sexual activities than they actually did. From Dani's musing about never washing his left hand (Yea Lefties!), they only pleasured each other by hand. It's not the textbook definition of rendering one's self non-virginal.
I had to laugh at Giaco's proclamation he's Danisexual, but it's a good descriptive.
From the giddy bliss of the morning after, Dani is abruptly dashed back into doubt by Marco's response to his news. I hate to pin purely selfish motives on Marco, but his diatribe of anti-Giaco was pretty savage and it hit Dani hard. I hope it doesn't last long for Dani, but we still have a way to go for it to play out.
I never hear this word without thinking of the BBC broadcast on June 5, 1944.
"Wound my heart with a monotonous langour" was code to the French Resistance D-Day would begin within 48 hours.
It's particularly poignant on Memorial Day.
Oddly, they raised it to 18 from 16. Alcohol consumption laws don't apply in homes and in restaurants they won't card kids with their parents. The consumption laws aren't enforced at all at public events like fairs, markets, or concerts.
@James CarnarvonYou ask who finds a life partner at 13/14? According to someone we both know, Gianni/Angelo, Toto/Mic
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Seriously though, it does happen. It was even more common back in the days when people didn' live so long, 15 was considered old enough to go into battle. It's also why you can find old age of consent laws with very low ages.
How long before Olona adds teleporting to her bag of tricks?
Sumi's in-between isn't a death place after all, but more of a pause. What part will the princess play in the game ahead?