"Yeah, well, they're new to me." He wishes he could sigh properly. It feels like something appropriate. Instead he touches the wound on his neck again. Just one more scar on top of many. Assuming it even heals that way.

"I almost did. Tear him to pieces, I mean. I could smell him, and it was like..." He trails off, shaking his head. "Is it like this for you? How the fuck do you deal with it?"