[That, Slevin has learned, is the useful side of anger: it doesn't have to be rational. It allows for all kinds of words and actions to be thrown at all kinds of people for all kinds of reasons, rational and not. Slevin is very familiar with anger. This is not his normal temper.
He ignores Chris after that, still tense and brooding, willing to lash out at any target that presents itself merely for being in range, but containing it while Chris, miraculously, refuses to give him something to fight against; by the time they reach the inmate showers, by the time Slevin has washed his hands and face and pulled his hoodie off over his head, leaving him in a t-shirt and remarkably clean cargo pants - if this were the real world, he could have walked away undetected - he seems calmer, anyway. Enough that he's willing to look at him again, to speak with him, though the anger is still there, still visible.]
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[That, Slevin has learned, is the useful side of anger: it doesn't have to be rational. It allows for all kinds of words and actions to be thrown at all kinds of people for all kinds of reasons, rational and not. Slevin is very familiar with anger. This is not his normal temper.
He ignores Chris after that, still tense and brooding, willing to lash out at any target that presents itself merely for being in range, but containing it while Chris, miraculously, refuses to give him something to fight against; by the time they reach the inmate showers, by the time Slevin has washed his hands and face and pulled his hoodie off over his head, leaving him in a t-shirt and remarkably clean cargo pants - if this were the real world, he could have walked away undetected - he seems calmer, anyway. Enough that he's willing to look at him again, to speak with him, though the anger is still there, still visible.]
How long are you thinking?