Sarah Rees Brennan: "Aku- "kata Nick, suaranya terhenti." Ak...

"Aku- "kata Nick, suaranya terhenti." Aku tidak terlalu peduli ketika - ketika orang-orang menyentuhku. Beberapa orang. "Mae melihat ke bawah, dan Nick, yang tampak lebih santai ketika dia ditusuk, perlahan-lahan mengangkat tangannya dari dadanya dan meletakkannya di atas lembaran yang terjatuh di antara mereka, jari-jari setengah melengkung ke telapak tangannya. Dia masih mengenai langit-langit dengan tatapan tajam. "Karena kau memercayai mereka untuk tidak melukaimu?" Mae bertanya ragu-ragu. "Tidak," kata Nick, suaranya kasar. "Karena aku akan membiarkan mereka menyakitiku."

--- Sarah Rees Brennan

Versi Bahasa Inggris

I-" said Nick, his voice halting. "I don't mind it as much when - when people touch me. Some people." Mae looked down, and Nick, who looked more relaxed when he'd been stabbed, slowly lifted his hand from his chest and laid it on the tumbled sheets between them, fingers half-curled into his palm. He was still regarding the ceiling with a fixed glare. "Because you trust them not to hurt you?" Mae asked tentatively. "No," Nick said, his voice harsh. "Because I'd let them hurt me.