Broken Boulder el torito

what had happened to them? oh, he knows: the question is purely rhetorical indulgence, a harkening back to their early friendship, before they knew each other. before delight failed her again and again -- truly, he can't hold anything against her, despite his anger. if there'd been no children he could never have been mad about her depature at all! it is only because of them --

maternal instincts. ha! "brilliance and solomon not enough for you? you've come back to steal mali from me too?" he asks, his voice oddly measured despite the obviously challenge in his words. he knows deep down she does not have them, but letting go of that is -- is more than he can bare at the moment. better to throw it back at her, dance a little longer, keep the music from stopping. because what happens when the lights come back up -- he's not sure what that'll do to him.