cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51348308
From The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
Made me go lookup the next line. It really is a great book:
And yet, despite all of this, what Juice Box had just said was the most astounding thing I’d heard since this floor started. I looked at her like she had slugs crawling from her nostrils. “Louis?” I asked. “Our Louis? You’re in love with Louis? You’re getting married? Are you serious?”
The scowl she gave told me she was deadly serious.
...
“Louis?” Donut said. “Carl, the whole world has gone insane.”