Otter Creek Does it hurt to feel so high?

Etienne could have been nasty about it. He could have bit and snapped. But he chose to take comfort where comfort was given.

Dusty said nothing. Just held fast and Etienne preferred that to anything else he could have done. It made him calmer quicker.

Etienne sniffled once and lifted his head a shake of it. Not yet. I be imsginin' i be to upset and dey be too cold to feel yet. But when de do start to 'urt. It gonna be bad.

Lacerations crisscrossed the pads. Some even between his toes where he had recklessly smacked them into the ice with abandon.