May break my bones but words. Bounces off me sticks to you. The grown-ups had equipped him with weak spells to cast back against the insults. But the need for the sayings disproved them and as he grew they would if anything just feed the laughter. Nice comeback, Darren. If he still sometimes said those things or other private phrases to himself, it was only to interrupt the harmful thoughts before it was too late and he had set some trap for an enemy on a highway or country road.
