[The laughter that he hears is so startling that Teddy lets go of Billy's hands, and he's just about to ask what's going on when Billy says that.
He knows the quote - He knows the quote, but the fact that he used that, the way he's saying it and how he looks and what he's looking at, and -
Teddy can feel a white hot fear spread through his body like a whip crack, starting from the hole in his heart his mother left behind and shooting to his fingers and toes and back again, and before he even knows it, he's got his hands tight on Billy's shoulders, and for a moment he doesn't even realize that he's holding Billy's injury. All he can think is no, no, please, god, no -]
Billy!
[Mom!
His eyes are burning and his vision is blurring, but that doesn't matter, that doesn't matter, this here is all that matters.]
[Action, October 15th]
He knows the quote - He knows the quote, but the fact that he used that, the way he's saying it and how he looks and what he's looking at, and -
Teddy can feel a white hot fear spread through his body like a whip crack, starting from the hole in his heart his mother left behind and shooting to his fingers and toes and back again, and before he even knows it, he's got his hands tight on Billy's shoulders, and for a moment he doesn't even realize that he's holding Billy's injury. All he can think is no, no, please, god, no -]
Billy!
[Mom!
His eyes are burning and his vision is blurring, but that doesn't matter, that doesn't matter, this here is all that matters.]