#there is a particular look people have when they verbally say goodnight but physically mean I am about to get nada sleep

[cissa-calls]

Countdown to Agatha: Day 746

Y/N: “Good night!”

Wanda: “Get some sleep PLEASE!”

Agatha, with the daring confidence only someone about to have the most ruckus of nights and with zero intentions of sleep can muster: “Of course!”

Wanda: “Anyways, I’m gonna…huh - what’s that smell?”

Y/N and Agatha: *sniffing*

Wanda: “It’s some bullshit. At least a good night to me.”

[vegetalass]

can i get uhh, the boys dating a dominant woman/person for the first time 👁👁 can be nsfw or not, your choice! if it’s silly you don’t have to fill it- btw i love ur your writing muah

👁👁 Wow…… Anon, you’re my best friend now and ily… Dominant HCs unlock my sharingan tbh… but my taste is actually really particular and not very mainstream so i really hope that this is what you had in mind and is suitable! Hopefully this is nsfw-enough for you!! 

18+!!!

sorry everyone because i went crazy again and this is super…. Long…..

Lowkey this is me @ myself rn tho for finishing this (although tell me why this sounds like the way abigail talks to john LMFAOOO) 

Arthur 

Despite being the biggest yes-man on the planet, he’s not really used to being considered the “submissive” one in any relationship

He’s big and tough looking, so anyone who can get up in his face and boss him around is pretty commendable in his eyes

Especially if it’s a romantic partner

It’s a little awkward at first because he’s so used to being the one providing for everyone, that being taken care of, or even just having his needs thought about, really makes him 🥺😳

To him, what’s attractive about having a dominant partner is partially just knowing that he doesn’t have to hide anything about himself

You WANT him to be himself, and will call him out when he’s not

In a way, he also honestly doesn’t mind not having to be there for you 24/7

That isn’t to say he’s not prepared to fight for and protect you, but knowing that you’ll stand by his side and always tell him how you really feel brings him a great deal of comfort 

If you fight with him about joining him for rides, bounties or chores for Dutch... 

Not only does it make the trips easier, but it also starts making the sex better

Basically... AFTER WORK SEX!!

(Sorry mom, please forgive me) 

And while it doesn’t happen at first... Once you let the pet names start slipping, he’s officially a goner 

The more intense they are, the better 

Sweetie, Baby, Sugar, Pookie, etc. all have him melting in a puddle 

Especially if you’re nonchalant about it and pretend not to notice what it does to him 

All soft smiles and “Arthur, Baby, tell me where you left Charles’ bow?” 

Yes, he has to pass away 

(Not really though because we already lost him once) 

Once you start sharing a tent/cot/bed.... You have to be the big spoon 

People might disagree with this… But he is just in love with you trying to wrap both your arms around him and the way you throw your leg over his hip

Cuddle him like a teddy bear and squish his face in your chest PLEASE

It makes him feel loved and needed… And frankly… He deserves it

(I actually have this down as inspiration for a fic, but…) I just imagine your relationship being one where you’re the one who makes him take care of himself, where you’re always trying to make sure he’s healthy and you do all the shopping for him and you’re the one to pick out all his new clothes.... And you make him stand still for you as you hold them all up to his chest to make sure they fit him right 

And he squirms when you touch him

He just feels good knowing that people see him being loved and getting taken care of

Basically, as long as it’s genuine, just treat him like your baby and he’s yours forever

John 

HOOO BOY

We already know this guy likes dominant people (*cough* Abigail *cough*)... But I really can’t lie to y’all… He’s a simp

The Absolute King of Simps 

At the beginning of your relationship, just as you’re getting serious and he’s begging to realize you aren’t namby-pamby, you could say anything to him and he’d just turn into a huge blushing fool 

Stuttering and everything when you ask him for things or for his help

Kisses are all opened-eyed, intense, and focused

He brings you some wildflowers that he found laying around and when you reach out to try to kiss him in thanks... 

You guessed it, he passes away 

Once you get more comfortable with each other, if you start standing up to Abigail on his behalf... He’d do anything for you 

Not that he doesn’t care for Abigail, but it’s easier when he has backup and someone around who doesn’t tell him that he’s shitty all the time

Watching you get annoyed when Abigail says something mean makes him feel better

Before this all started, though, he has to admit that he did have a little fun trying to have secret sex with you before you came out as a couple 

Loves it when you start toying with his clothes when he’s around.... 

Do things like stick your hands in his pockets or hold onto his suspenders or belt loops as he’s walking or passing you by 

That thing you sometimes see old married couples do when one has their arms wrapped around the other while they’re doing something boring and mundane like sitting around 

Um... Do that to him

Since he’s bad with expressing himself and has been verbally brutalized by Abigail on more than one occasion, his favorite thing is really just physical contact... 

Especially if you aren’t shy about it 

Okay I’m gonna day something controversial.... Straddle him... thanks and goodnight everybody

“John?” You call to him, though it’s more of a call for attention than a question, “Kiss me.” 

Lowkey this shit has me so fucked up bro 

Charles 

When he first realizes he’s pursuing someone more dominant than him, he’s a little bit… at a loss

He was raised a respectable gentleman, always taught to treat his partners delicately, so when he starts dating someone so bold and unafraid, it’s a little bit confusing to him

That’s not to say he doesn’t like it… but it’s honestly just unusual that he’s not exactly intimidating to you 

Most people find him quite large and overpowering, and never hesitate to question his skills as a natural leader... so having someone around him who takes the reigns from him ends up being a nice change

He just never really knew there was another option for him

This applies to sex, too, as he highkey enjoys sitting back and letting you take charge and pamper him 

He also ends up becoming really appreciative of the fact that you never hesitate to fight alongside him or take over what he’s doing

If Dutch ever sends you on a mission together… it’s over for anyone who gets in your way

He’s absolutely in love with the way you’re able to handle yourself around big tough guys 

And if you have a sharp tongue, that’s even better

The more headstrong and passionate about your beliefs you are, the better, basically

Literally power couple vibes only

Even if you just started dating, if you say anything mean to Micah… he’s going to get a boner 

Even just seeing you fight with people, verbally or physically, is also a turn on

Not even bothered if anyone tries to clown for being into someone dominant 

Cue him: *thinking about all the times you’ve had bomb ass sex* *sunglasses emoji*

Your sex life is basically a Megan Thee Stallion song 

Sorry, I don’t make the rules 

Lowkey if you ever told him to shut up or be quiet during an argument or sex he’d be 100000000x more in love with you

As long as you always have a mutual respect for one another and others, he’s gucci with practically anything else

Micah 

Knowing what we know about Micah… This one is a little bit tough

In the beginning, despite his obvious attraction, he will most likely try to fight with you and try to put you “back in your place”

Obviously, this absolutely does not work and he loses the fight every time 

But once his anger turns into sexual attraction... It feels good to just give up

It’s definitely kind of a sore subject for him, at first

Not that he doesn’t want to be with you, but he’s afraid of being seen as weak after talking all his big shit 

Even after you start dating, it takes awhile for him to truly calm down 

His eventual submission is partially based on the fact that he doesn’t want people to think he’s a bad boyfriend 

And the line is already very thin

Honestly, just pull your big ol’ puppy dog eyes on him (and/or threaten to leave him) and he’ll just sigh and go along with whatever you want

He’s both surprised and unsurprised that it becomes such that he has to “earn” any affection from you 

You don’t really express this outright, but you both know it’s all deliberate

He begins to like the feeling of giving in and making you happy, and though it takes him awhile to get used to, he definitely starts to like pleasing you (and yes, in every single way), as well

It’s an accomplishment that he can actually take pride in

Especially since you started withholding affection from him when he gets a little too high on his horse 

Knowing you’re pleased with him and seeing you happy, along with the kisses (and… more) he knows he’ll receive later, is the reward in and of itself

Lowkey just proud of the fact that he can keep a fighter happy 

Honestly, I’m just imagining him being all grumpy about having to do something for you, but still doing it anyway 

“But Micah, I thought you wanted to make me happy?” Or “Awe, Micah, don’t make me sad…” 

He’s like “Smh, fuck” because you know he can’t resist when you’re being s✨a✨s✨s✨y

If you ever call him Daddy to tease him, he 100% will call you Mommy

Dutch  

Please pussy whip this dude, PLEASE

He literally deserves nothing less

He’s so used to being with docile and private girls that the attraction to you is not only needed, but also very natural 

He notices it at first by the way you stare at him

It’s a curious look, not exactly mean, but not exactly kind either

As we know, he doesn’t really like it when people challenge his ideas, but for some reason, whenever it comes to you… He’s willing to lend an ear to hear what you have to say 

That being said, most of the time it’s just to tell him to stop picking on Arthur or siding with Micah (because what else would it be about? 🤡)

Micah gets pissy about this and tries to tell Dutch to stop listening to you, but you just tell just tell him off, too 

Dutch is always surprised that he finds this attractive

Honestly, being with someone who he considers to be on the same level as him is very alluring 

The fact that you value your own opinions as much as he values his… 

It’s spicy, basically

Most of the time, you have to force him to give you affection 

Not by begging, but by demanding 

Hold out your hand until he holds it, or strip in a place where he can see you but can’t touch

(Tie him up *cough*) 

And when he’s standing around camp, busy doing work or talking to people, hug him from behind, drape yourself on him, or make a place for yourself on his lap… ANYTHING to distract him and to get what you deserve

It drives him crazy, but at the same time, he can’t resist a lil brat like that

That being said…at the same time, he is also someone who needs to earn affection from you

He doesn’t realize this, but you are just as stubborn as he is, and as soon as he realizes he’s been ignoring you for too long and you’ve stopped giving him any attention… WHEW!

He will really start acting like a clown just to get you to touch him again

Especially if he sees you pretending to twirl your hair around the other boys in camp 

Eventually, he discovers he needs to beg for you 

Give you things, call you sweet names, massage you, take you on trips out of camp, have Pearson give you extras... Anything and everything to show you that he’s sorry

It works… eventually… and when you’re finally together… unbutton his clothes and pull his hair to tell him how he makes you feel

 Steal the cigar from straight out of his mouth and start to smoke it... See what he lets you do to him later

Turned on by the fact that he thinks you need him and he needs you, but at the same time, definitely down to be a cuck if you ask

It takes a while, but he turns into a total “Yea, Dear” and “Anything for you” type eventually

Unfortunately, though he likes praise, it’s not fun to give it to him simply because he already thinks he’s so great

No you’re not, King, I promise...

Kieran 

God, it’s really not hard to be the dominant one with him

He’s used to being told what to do, so when he starts noticing his attraction to you, there’s no surprise why

That being said, it’s definitely more of a gentle dominance he finds himself drawn to 

While his general efforts at existing often go unnoticed by most, it’s the praise you give him that really gets him the most in the beginning

Later, that evolves into being praised in the bedroom… But that’s a story for another time *winky face* 

All I have to say… Handjobs 

Also… edge him

Okay bye now for real 

It’s very likely you’ll have to start the relationship off slow, but before you know it, he’ll be wrapped around your finger

That being said, do not abuse this power *insert gun emoji* 

Of course he needs to be bossed around, but it has to be with good intentions 

“Kieran, Sweetie, would you mind taking my horse out today?” And “Kieran, could you please get the washing bins set up for me?” AND “Kieran, would you mind grabbing something for me, babe?” 

The list goes on and on and on... and yet he is happy to do it all for you 

It’s all in the way you whine his name

Because yes, you got him. 

Also, please tease him

While he is a pretty shy about it, he has to admit he loves that the way you poke fun at him makes his heart beat fast

“Aw, Kieran, don’t be shy!” And “You like that, huh?” 

Initiate lots of PDA, since he absolutely loves it but is too shy to do it himself

Kiss him on the cheek, drag him around by the arm, play with his hair, ANYTHING, and he’s putty in your hands

Flash him in public…………....

Praise Jesus

YES, HE IS THE LITTLE SPOON!

Javier

Javier thinks very highly of himself, so meeting and falling for someone dominant is actually very surprising to him

This is partially due to the fact that because he thinks so highly of himself, he’s never visualized his relationship as anything other than with him as the top

Once your relationship takes off, however, he realizes that he actually doesn’t mind being the one who gets taken care of

He is quite spoiled, after all

That being said, he is probably very private about the whole thing, mostly because he’d be the most sensitive about getting teased for being “submissive”

Once the honeymoon phase is over, though, it’s a lot easier to treat him the way you want to 

Wear clothes that belong to him, especially clothes that he likes

Not only does he think this is extremely sexy, but it also means that he has a harder time choosing his own outfits

Plus, he loves a good strip tease… 

Dodge him when he tries to kiss you or cover his lips with your fingers

Then tease him when he thinks you’re done and keeps trying to give you affection

The best way to get him to pay attention to you is by ignoring him 

It’s not as severe or as serious as it with Dutch, but pretending you don’t see him when he’s showing off or talking to you immediately gets you whatever you want

It’s all in good fun, though 

P u l l  h i s  h a i r

ESPECIALLY if you’re trying to get something from/out of him

Highkey, this dude loves cuddles

They’re one of the few things he’s open about begging for

You can tease him for this, but as long as you give in and just… hold him… he’s a very happy boy

 Big fan of spooning but also of just being tangled up with you in any which way… 

It doesn’t matter if he’s laying on you or you’re laying on him

Both are good

Lowkey... do nasty things to him at the campfire

It doesn’t even have to be that nasty, even just putting your hand on his inner thigh or up his shirt is enough to Put Him on High Alert

Pinch him...

Just… pinch him, please. 

He likes it

Despite enjoying your dominance, at the end of the day, he doesn’t mind it if you get a little bratty and demanding sometimes, too 

Especially in the bedroom *winky face* 

[villa-kulla]

Could you do a DVD commentary on chapter 3 of Desert Sand? Maybe right after Goodnight rescues Billy, or their fight, or the part where Billy tells him about his nightmare of never seeing him again.

Thank you for the ask! Someone already requested their fight, so I’ll go with the scene right after Goody rescues Billy!

(***copy-paste disclaimer that this is NOT under a readmore because my blog’s black background makes reading long things a chore, so SCROLL FAST IF YOU’RE NOT INTERESTED!***)

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They walked back into the room of their saloon and Goodnight lit a couple of the lamps, casting the room in a soft glow. It was hard to believe it was the same place they’d stood only hours ago when they’d both been screaming at each other.

ambience ambience ambience. I know what’s coming in this scene, the audience knows what’s coming, and I like to think of Goody lighting the lamps as though he’s ‘setting the stage’ for the scene. Gotta get that ~romantic mood lighting~ in somehow

This time Goody kept reaching out as though to check Billy was still there, and every time he did, Billy would lean into him unconsciously. He was holding Goodnight’s coat around him, the one Goody had gently placed over his shoulders in the cave.

awww boys. Safe to say their fight is long forgotten

“Go sit down,” Goodnight said gruffly, and Billy shucked off the coat, taking a seat on the edge of the bed as he watched Goodnight walk around the room, filling a wash basin and grabbing the first clean rag he could find. He brought them over to the bed where he pulled up a chair, sitting across from Billy.

I feel like I kept having to pay an inordinate amount of attention to the chairs in this room lol. The chair Billy’s knife cleaning equipment was on, the chair Billy was in earlier, which is the same chair Goodnight brings over to the bed now, don’t forget the other chair needs to be near the bed as well for later, just. ajdksh. chairs man.

He dipped one of the rags into the water and held it up to Billy’s chest, suddenly uncertain. But when he flicked his eyes up to Billy’s face he was decided, and pressed the cloth to one of the cuts on Billy’s chest.

Billy didn’t even flinch. Just kept his eyes trained on Goodnight as he slowly dipped the cloth in the water again and found a new cut to gently press the cloth to.

“Goody I’m fine,” Billy said. He suddenly gave a tired laugh. “They hadn’t even gotten started. This is just from fighting with them.”

side note, I was STRONGLY against any actual torture of Billy taking place in this sequence of events, and was never even remotely tempted to include it. It felt kind of gross, and I could barely even think about it to be honest. When I’m writing, the characters generally feel like they’re doing their own thing and I’m just a mouthpiece, but when it came to the concept of torture, it would have felt like *I* was torturing Billy, and if I didn’t have to, why would I? I’m not against writing or reading violence, but I feel like sometimes there’s a certain…cavalierness towards inflicting bodily harm in fic. I think it’s situationally-dependant of course, but sometimes I find it very uncomfortable and questionable when drawn out. Not to mention PoC bodies are already treated with enough disrespect in mainstream media, and I wasn’t about to add to it here. This is all making it sound like I debated with myself on whether to include a torture scene, but my point is that I didn’t have to think about it at ALL. I wanted the threat of the gang of brothers to feel very sinister and real, but there’s no doubt in my mind that including actual torture towards Billy in this particular context would have been gratuitous, gross, inappropriate, and completely unnecessary. Very glad I went the way I did. I know this all probably sounds overly-vehement lol, but I felt quite strongly about it at the time.

Goodnight scoffed. “Would you just let me take care of you for a change?”

Billy nodded and Goodnight continued to dip the cloth into the water, finding new abrasions to treat, dabbing them gently, droplets of water rolling slowly down Billy’s chest.

semi-gratuitous…the intent with the physical details was less voyeuristic and more wanting to convey the intimacy of the scene, but still…..LBH has a great chest and that can’t be helped

“You okay?” Billy asked him suddenly.

“Me?” Goodnight asked incredulously. “Why wouldn’t I be okay?”

Billy shifted, the muscles in his chest jerking as Goodnight dragged the cloth over them. “I’ve never seen you shoot anyone before.”

and I feel like up until now he had figured he never would either. I think he had just kept thinking of Goody as the warm, mostly gentle guy he rode with, who was more comfortable with talking his way out than shooting his way out. I think Billy even had a hard time associating Goody’s kill count - once he learns about it - to the Goody he knows. So yeah, when he saw Goody in action, and saw just how fast and intuitively he handles a rifle and how mercilessly he can take out 4 people in the blink of an eye, he’s not….‘scared’ exactly, but he’s certainly updating his image of Goody, and much more aware of what he’s capable of.

Goodnight was quiet for a long time as he continued to dab at Billy’s cuts.

“You know,” he finally said in a low voice. “I used to have this commanding officer in the war. And he’d always tell us ‘you have to hate what you’re firing at’.”

ayyyo we all know that line. This is my version of where it might have come from. Goody definitely seems like he’s putting on a bit of a show for the townspeople in that shooting lesson scene, and I like to imagine he was using a lot of the things he heard as a young soldier. And also that screaming of YOU HAVE TO HATE WHAT YOU’RE FIRING AT’ seems so out of the blue that it felt like Goody putting on a bit of a General persona. Of course it’s entirely possible Goody did have a lot of rage in the war, and hated what he was firing at, and I think there’s a world of possibility for writing Goodnight’s relationship with anger, which is something I’ve only touched on. But in general I felt like there was a touch of affectation to his shooting-teacher routine, and I also had a hard time picturing a young Goody who hated what he was firing at, so this was meant to be my little ‘aha!’ moment for that line, and suggest that Goody was channeling a former officer of his (also meant to be the same officer mentioned in Goody’s nightmare in chapter 1 of this fic)

Goodnight looked up at Billy. “Never really understood what he meant until now.”

oh he does not feel one bit of remorse for those particular killings.

“I’m sorry,” Billy said again, and Goodnight looked at him surprised.

“What the hell do you have to be sorry for?” Goodnight asked, wringing out the cloth and dipping it into the basin again.

“I was being an idiot,” Billy said. “And they never would have got me if I hadn’t been drinking.”

possibly why Billy isn’t much of a drinker? Not because of preference but because of his own security

“And you wouldn’t have been drinking if I hadn’t been a total jackass,” Goodnight said, running the cloth over Billy’s ribs, gently over the bruises.

I definitely underuse the word ‘jackass’, it’s a good one lol. And the ‘gently’ here is certainly further apology from Goody

“I was a jackass too,” Billy said quietly. And then his normally composed face suddenly crumpled and it shocked Goodnight more than if the man had sprouted wings.

same here tbh. Wasn’t planning on it, and I don’t know if it interrupts the flow of this scene, but also I’m not really sure if this scene could have done without a moment of vulnerability from Billy. He’s certainly been in hairy situations before, but I think this is one of the first times he’s felt he had something more to lose

“I thought I was going to die,” Billy said, shuddering as he tightened his jaw. Goodnight tried to shush him but he continued: “I was scared I’d die and leave you thinking that I didn’t…that I don’t…”

THAT I DON’T LOVE YOU

“Hey hey hey,” Goodnight murmured. “You’re here okay? You’re here.”

Billy took in a rattling breath and nodded. And then he was looking back at Goodnight, equal parts baffled and amazed.

it’s not that he didn’t KNOW Goody was eminently capable of being a badass, but again, he doesn’t always equate the Goody he’s seen more of with the Goody he knows to be an extremely proficient killer. But yeah, Billy is very impressed, but mostly by Goody being a silvertongued devil, and rescuing Billy in a way Billy could not

“I thought I was dreaming when I heard your voice in there,” Billy said in disbelief. “And then you came around the corner. That’s when I stopped being scared.”

“Yeah well good for you, I was petrified,” Goodnight muttered.

“I wasn’t,” Billy repeated. He smiled a little. “You could talk the devil out of his pitchfork.”

I LOVE this line and it took me AGES to think of it lol. I thought forever about a good line that included ‘devil’ (for the sake of Goody’s next line), and Goody’s verbal capabilities, and I was thrilled to come up with this one, and I love how fond it comes across, even without me specifying said fondness in the following line lol

The line of his mouth was fond as he looked at Goody who was getting the last bits of dried blood.

Goodnight just shook his head.

“I’ve seen the devil,” he said seriously. “And that wasn’t him.”

He worked his way back up Billy’s chest, his lip suddenly quirking up beneath his ashy beard.

“The devil’s got the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Those were just four shitheads on donkeys.”

full disclaimer, I find the cadence of ‘four shitheads on donkeys’ hilarious every time lol

Billy burst out laughing and Goodnight chuckled as he finally dropped the cloth into the basin, his work here done. “Not the end of the world,” he said gently.

‘his work here done’ has a slight double meaning in that yes his work of cleaning Billy up is done, but he also got Billy to laugh, and that’s when he feels that he did take care of Billy and that Billy really be okay

Billy suddenly sobered up. “No. But if they’d killed me, it would have been the end of my world.”

Goodnight looked into his eyes. “Mine too.”

there it issssssssssssss

Billy stared back at him. “Goody…” he said in a hushed, almost ragged voice, his eyes flicking down to Goodnight’s mouth.

Goodnight took in all of Billy, his chest that was still beaded with water and glistening slightly in the glow of the lamp…the sparse hairs on his arms that were standing on end, the skin around them studded with gooseflesh…the way his fingers were still digging into the sheets, the way his breath had quickened, his chest rising and falling almost imperceptibly…

I’m always back and forth on how much I like ‘gooseflesh’ in that paragraph…I felt it was time period appropriate but I may just change it to goosebumps sometime lol

Goodnight finally dragged his eyes back up to Billy’s face. His eyes were warmed brown by the light of the lamps around them as he stared at Goodnight longingly.

Goodnight ached for him.

for better or for worse I’m a fan of italics, because sometimes I just feel that where the emphasis goes in a phrase makes all the difference to how it comes across. ‘Goodnight ached for him.’ sounds almost matter of fact, but ‘Goodnight ached for him.’ sounds…aching. To me at least lol. Sometimes I feel like I should just trust the reader to bring their own emotion/emphasis to the text, and I feel like that’s probably how writing is supposed to work, but…..idk, sometimes I hear the story so clearly in my voice, and italics feel like the only way to get it across

“Goody,” Billy said again.

“Yeah?” Goodnight breathed, eyes lost to Billy’s own.

“Tell me what you want,” Billy whispered for the second time that night.

The air between them was so thick and heady it could have been cut with a knife as the moment hung suspended.

And then Goodnight was surging forward and kissing Billy, claiming his lips with his own.

THEY KISSED THEY KISSED THEY KISSED. To be perfectly honest, I wish I could have made the kiss itself PERFECT. I think it’s pretty good but….when one’s invested so much in the buildup, you really just want the kiss itself to be unquestionably RIGHT haha. I think this is CLOSE to being right, but I feel like it’s just shy of being exactly what I wanted. I’m also never sure about the ‘claiming his lips with his own’, but I felt like ending the sentence right after ‘kissing Billy’ sounded too abrupt, and there needed to be a slight followup to the statement. What follows is one of the better love scenes I think I’ve written, but I feel like the kiss itself just a couple degrees off from being what I wanted. The part directly before though, of ‘The air between them was so thick and heady it could have been cut with a knife as the moment hung suspended.’ is EXACTLY what I wanted though, and it’s a slight callback to the shotgunning scene where the air between them is thick with smoke and ‘There wasn’t even enough space between their lips for the edge of one of Billy’s knives.’, and here there’s knife imagery again, but this time they make the final ‘cut’ :)

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