‘ what the hell’s going on? ’ ( page )

_{he shouldn’t have let her see that; shouldn’t have let his human guise fade away like that. oh, how ky was lucky  she didn’t just  run away right then, but he needed  to let everything slip away for a while. he needed to relax – that was only  a short while ago, but he still knew explanations  were in order. he had to say something – anything, but he couldn’t even get out proper words. not right now at least as a hand ran over his face. “— don’t ask,” he said through a few coughs. “just don’t ask.”}