[A little bit of carelessness, a little bit of spending too many years having a skittish pharmacist slip antibiotics and other healing agents into his food and drink and giving him far more confidence in his own durability than he should have had. Either way, the wound wasn't shaping up to be a festering disaster zone or anything, but it was more irritating and longer-lasting than Mallory would have liked.
Other things that were pissing him off for far too long: BEING FOLLOWED BY THE FUCKER WHO DID IT. By supper, when he heard what sounded like the kid mumbling something to himself, he slammed his dinnerware down on the table.]
If you've got something to say to me, get it over with already!
[Or was he just trying to spring a sneak attack on him to make up for not being able to face off with him behind the kitchens? He'd still lose.]
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Other things that were pissing him off for far too long: BEING FOLLOWED BY THE FUCKER WHO DID IT. By supper, when he heard what sounded like the kid mumbling something to himself, he slammed his dinnerware down on the table.]
If you've got something to say to me, get it over with already!
[Or was he just trying to spring a sneak attack on him to make up for not being able to face off with him behind the kitchens? He'd still lose.]