[Wouldn't hurt? Maybe. But there's a lot of things that aren't supposed to hurt that do.
He's suddenly regretting his offer to share. Murder is crossing a line, yeah, but this is crossing a different line. Where does he even start? "Sometimes I drink human blood because it makes me feel better?" He can't make those words come out of his mouth.
Start at the beginning, he guesses.]
When I was a kid, I used to- [This part's better as show, not tell. He rolls back his jacket sleeve to his elbow so that Harlan can see the numerous little lines on his skin. He rolls it back down just as quickly.] It wasn't for the pain, it was for the blood.
[And the rest comes out kind of rushed, because he's suddenly very over this. He's known this guy two weeks, sure he confessed to murder just now, but ugh.] And then I got older and it got complicated, and eventually mine wasn't enough. But I never- I'm not like a vampire or whatever. It's not that bad. Wasn't. I haven't. In a while.
cw for everything (self harm, gross blood stuff, etc.)
He's suddenly regretting his offer to share. Murder is crossing a line, yeah, but this is crossing a different line. Where does he even start? "Sometimes I drink human blood because it makes me feel better?" He can't make those words come out of his mouth.
Start at the beginning, he guesses.]
When I was a kid, I used to- [This part's better as show, not tell. He rolls back his jacket sleeve to his elbow so that Harlan can see the numerous little lines on his skin. He rolls it back down just as quickly.] It wasn't for the pain, it was for the blood.
[And the rest comes out kind of rushed, because he's suddenly very over this. He's known this guy two weeks, sure he confessed to murder just now, but ugh.] And then I got older and it got complicated, and eventually mine wasn't enough. But I never- I'm not like a vampire or whatever. It's not that bad. Wasn't. I haven't. In a while.
[Jesus take him now.]