needles

About to be killed by a monster who immobilizes his prey with what amount to toxic pine needles, Dek unexpectedly gets some helpful life-saving tips from a friendly, cheerful robot who is stuck in a vulture’s nest.

Often, he had to wade into sewage to fix equipment and clean out feces, needles and tampons entering the treatment facility.

We opened the unlabelled white envelope and found needles, mixing agents and a vial of unlabelled white powder.

Bouncing around from couch to couch, putting needles in his arm, and having to love everything from afar.

“We were all on pins and needles,” Missy says.