[he doesn't tear at it like an adult, or a kid, really; neither calmly paced nor frenzied and overexcited; he rips at the newspaper like a person might rip off an old bandage destined for the trash, thinking on the wound instead of the wrappings]
[his eye, slack and glossy, goes a bit sharper when he pulls the box open, and his voice sounds strained, like he's been screaming (like has hasn't stopped screaming since -- )]
Re: action mofo
[his eye, slack and glossy, goes a bit sharper when he pulls the box open, and his voice sounds strained, like he's been screaming (like has hasn't stopped screaming since -- )]
Seriously?