[the sweep of his hair forward tickles a bit, and the redhead twitches a bit doggishly, but doesn't move away; god, he wants those wriggly, bitey little fuckers off]

He's probably gonna show up. I dunno. He might try ta stab you but that's how he says hello, I think. So if somebody tries ta stab you, it's probably him, I mean. He's okay besides that.

[horrifyingly; even crawling with fleas, Badou likes him (because he's had worse, seen worse, anyway)]

[a green eye shutters to half-closed at the harder press of comb, and the movie blurs a bit more]