The desperation was hot. Giriko felt a lot better now than he had in a while, getting to just hurt someone without having to worry about the consequences.

He lashed out a second time. The second blow wasn't as hard as the first - he didn't want to kill the kid by accident - but when layered on top of the first one it would still hurt just as much.

"Still don't know?" he asked, grinning at Justin.