Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee Her eyes cut to Levi just once, at that rap on the table, but Katy didn't comment on the fact that his ears had gone all pink again or that his face looked just as tense she felt. Katy had strings drawn taut through her chest, and Levi had that same tautness about him. She was a ruiner. Maybe it was always better to stay silent and not know.
"I think we should package these a bit smaller than normal, since we're not sure about how they'll explode with the new materials. Let's make... twenty." A normal batch made about twelve. The concrete sludge was heavy but malleable, and it was easy to roll it into a cylinder shape that could be sliced down into manageable chunks.
She rolled with her hands. "Levi. I... I'm sorry if I made anything awkward between us. All jokes about 'casual brewing' aside, I want to be friends." If that was even possible at this point. What if she stuffed her mouth full of the concrete? Would it kill her or just stop the words from spilling out of her?
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