治愈者(12)
We could cut it off, said the ice girl then.
We both stared at her.
Are you kidding? I said, you can’t cut off the fire hand, it’s a beautiful thing, it’s a wonderful thing—
But the fire girl had released the bed and was up against the bars. Do you think it would work? she said. Do you think that would do something?
The ice girl shrugged. I don’t know, she said, but it might be worth a try.
I wanted to give a protest here but I was no speechwriter; the speechwriter had left town forever and taken all the good speeches with him. I kept beginning sentences and dropping them off. Finally, they sent me out to find a knife. I don’t know what they talked about while I was gone. I wasn’t sure where to go so I just ran home, grabbed a huge sharp knife from the kitchen, and ran back. In ten minutes I was in the cell again, out of breath, the wooden knife handle tucked into my belt like a sword.