"I'll be feeling these aches for days." I stretched up on my tiptoes, hands over my head, letting my muscles extend before shrinking back into their vegetative state.

Kason turned at the moment my already too small sweater rode up my stomach to my rib cage, baring some serious skin. Several tools slipped from his grip and clattered to the concrete.

"Damn it," he hissed. "Why don't you go back inside or go jump off a cliff or something?"

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