Just like when you pat a statue, you expect a pat in return. One or two - however many Murphy gives it on the shoulder, the gesture is given back, on the same side of the hand that gave it. A bit like a sensation of pins and needles that goes beneath skin, but not too deep, not strong. A side-effect. Or someone with needles for a palm.
The feeling leaves. And then the horns that Murphy had complimented glisten, sheen - a silvery-coloured liquid washing over them, making a small display that's deliberate.
Just long enough to be caught before the 'tap' (the horns themselves?) is turned off.
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Just like when you pat a statue, you expect a pat in return. One or two - however many Murphy gives it on the shoulder, the gesture is given back, on the same side of the hand that gave it. A bit like a sensation of pins and needles that goes beneath skin, but not too deep, not strong. A side-effect. Or someone with needles for a palm.
The feeling leaves. And then the horns that Murphy had complimented glisten, sheen - a silvery-coloured liquid washing over them, making a small display that's deliberate.
Just long enough to be caught before the 'tap' (the horns themselves?) is turned off.