“You all right?” “Yeah,” she says. “You?” “Mi deh yah. Nobody smack my face wit a snow globe, see?” He grins, and Padmini can’t help laughing back. The laugh’s a bit hysterical, but badly needed. “Don’t let them hurt that guy,” she says, even though there’s no reason to expect Bomboclaat to do anything more than he’s already done. “He’s an asshole, but you know what the cops are like.” Nobody deserves to die just for being an asshole. “Queen,” Bomboclaat says, in amusement. “Too nice. Fine, tho, I gotchu.”
