Marrying a dwarf had shrunk his expectations. Friends, arranged the blind date where he'd nearly missed her in the bar, hidden by the grown-up sized world.
It's not often you look at someone and know they could kill. Realise immediately they're way beyond the idle, macho threats that disappear with the rage that uttered them.
That's what my new business card says. They can't get enough of 'em. The factory where what they are made has had to open through all the weekends these last few months to keep up with demand.
He was on the train when he first felt it. Like a softening that lowered him further into the seat on the long, sapping journey. It wasn't a worry at first.