62. A reason to quarrel
Occasionally they too are struck down by human pettiness, as is unavoidable. They argue—or rather, he teases and she responds with swift violence. Perhaps she does not know any other form of speech, but he still clutches his chest and gasps and accuses her of malice aforethought. They both know, unhappily, that if she wanted him dead he wouldn't know it until the after bullet had impacted his skull.