He is dizzy. He shouldn\u2019t be dizzy. He can understand why Mr. Loggins might be dizzy, sort of, but why \u2014<\/p>\n
Mr. Loggins is pulling himself upright again and there is murder in his expression.<\/p>\n
Tom swallows.<\/p>\n
He tries to connect with Mr. Loggins. He reaches out with his eyes, tries to forge an understanding with the man, tries to see into his heart and show something of his own, but the light form his eyes does not reflect; Tom\u2019s smile isn\u2019t met, but rather falls into the rage writ across Mr. Loggins and is swallowed, unechoed, drowned.<\/p>\n
It is as if Tom has suddenly become a thing <\/i>to Mr. Loggins and not a human.<\/p>\n
People haven\u2019t looked at him like that in a while! He\u2019d almost forgotten what it was like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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