This is a great story! You've really been jumping in the last couple of weeks-- some remarkable work.
Dizzy and lost isn't something that he wants to feel, now or ever again.
That was a line that made me stop in my tracks and appreciate it for a moment.
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It's like hearing a twig cracking in the woods. Something has broken cover. Just now, at last, in Ray's dirty living room. Logic jumps hastily aside as hunter's instinct takes over. Flat brilliant. This story is loaded with concentrated nuance.