Everest
"Ah." Ever mumbles, surprised by how apt an analogy that was. He supposed he could do with a shave. "Maybe I will see if I can't do something about that before we leave."
Glancing down, Everest narrows his eyes at the pills in Mateo's palm, but dismisses them fairly quickly. His friend's more potent drugs didn't come in pill form normally; garish liquids in delicate perfume-shaped bottles or as small biodegradable stickers, yes. Plain pills? No.
"A little higher." Ever encourages as his friend fumbles, jamming his keys into whatever open slot he could find.
even if i had to lose you to know you,
i'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through
i'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through
