Liar Liar
““Nice try,” he muttered. “But you can’t control it. You can’t just grab people and destroy them any time you want.”
He glared at me angrily. He balled his hands into fists. “Don’t ever try anything like that again,” he said.
And then he lowered his voice. “But there isn’t much point in worrying about you. You’re going to die in a day or two.”
“You’re crazy,” I muttered, breathing hard. I balled my hands into fists, too. I was ready to fight again if I had to.
“Haven’t you already started to feel the pain?” he asked. “The pain of being in a world where you don’t belong? Intruders always feel more and more pain.”
I swallowed hard. The headaches? The powerful, stabbing headaches I’d had this afternoon? Is that what he was talking about?
No way. Everyone gets headaches from time to time.
“And when the pain becomes unbearable, Intruders start to fade away,” my twin continued. “They get lighter and lighter …. They fade until you can see right through them … lighter and lighter … until they ...blow away like a dead leaf.”MoreLess
He glared at me angrily. He balled his hands into fists. “Don’t ever try anything like that again,” he said.
And then he lowered his voice. “But there isn’t much point in worrying about you. You’re going to die in a day or two.”
“You’re crazy,” I muttered, breathing hard. I balled my hands into fists, too. I was ready to fight again if I had to.
“Haven’t you already started to feel the pain?” he asked. “The pain of being in a world where you don’t belong? Intruders always feel more and more pain.”
I swallowed hard. The headaches? The powerful, stabbing headaches I’d had this afternoon? Is that what he was talking about?
No way. Everyone gets headaches from time to time.
“And when the pain becomes unbearable, Intruders start to fade away,” my twin continued. “They get lighter and lighter …. They fade until you can see right through them … lighter and lighter … until they ...blow away like a dead leaf.”MoreLess
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