One of Jono's shoulders hitched upwards a little bit as his gaze continued studying the tabletop. He hadn't even been aware of the hand that he'd lifted, pressing softly against the bandages that covered where his mouth had been.

That there were people staring at such an exclamation about teeth, for once, he hadn't even noticed.

//I knew when I asked you to stay that I couldn't possibly take her down and make it through alive, Karla. I think you knew it, too. I wasn't expecting to be able to put myself together again out of all of th'nothing that was left.//