Blacktooth

"Never did like candy." "See, thing about sweets? They ain't honest like a slab of meat is. With a hunk of flesh you know what you're gettin' when you sink your teeth into it. It's filling, savory, and nutritious." "But candy? It

"Do you know what death sounds like?" "You might think sounds like pleadin', beggin', cryin'." "All the lil people with tears streamin' down their faces. 'Don't kill my husband!' this and 'Please, leave my family alone!' that." "Screamin' until their voices go hoarse

"Drex, I want you to think about the stickiest, greenest, crystal covered bud you ever seen." "How great it'd feel on your lips as you puff away at that blunt, fillin' your lungs with smoke and blowin' out clouds the world

"Some people need to learn they can't fix everythin'." "A fella in the wastes said he was the best carpenter in Arcadia. Ain't no house he couldn't fix, no hole he couldn't patch." "That's what he said when I caught him in

"There was once a farmer who was obsessed with keepin' his cattle alive by any means necessary." "Ya see, he was a bit of a miracle worker with his hands. Any cow or lamb that got sick or hurt would come

"You ever had meat stew?" "My momma used to do it once a year with all the leftovers we had lyin' around. She'd take a big ole pot and got to cuttin' up all the meats she could find." "Didn't matter what

"I want you to imagine a man lyin' on the ground in a pool of his own blood." "Gashes on his head, entrails draggin' behind him as he tries fruitlessly to crawl away, to find help." "As another knife plunges into his

"In nature, animals find it in their best interest to stay wherever is the safest place. Outta reach of predators, away from pryin' eyes." "For the birds, this safe place is high up in the branches of trees in nests crafted

"Let me tell you about an infection." "See, this infection started small and went unnoticed on the feel of his foot. The body it was on figured it won't worth worryin' about." "But then it began to spread." "It wasn't just a little

"The world ain't much more than a bargain system that got outta control." "Before credits and cash there was sweat and trade." "And everyone had the currency they would accept for their labor. Whether you were giving meat for protection or sex