rank, but she sniffed at me like I was fresh as daisies. Exhaled in my ear, and took another deep breath. To leave her a way to escape, I only put one arm around her. She trembled so hard, I figured she was set to run away, so I loosened my arm to let her, but instead she put her other arm around my neck and pressed her bony little self against my belly. She was so small it kinda scared me. “Hold on tight,” she said, so I put both my arms around her and squeezed. I turned my head to sniff her hair the way she did mine. Honeysuckle and what I figured the ocean must smell like—sharp and salty.
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