Elliot held it out of his reach, smiling. “What will you give me for it?” “What do you want?” Luke asked, and the way he spoke made Elliot feel very uncomfortable. He sounded like Elliot had sounded when he was younger, negotiating through clenched teeth for the return of his schoolbag. Except Luke couldn’t feel that way. Elliot had done all this research for him: it must be obvious how Elliot felt.
