The Book of Blood Volume 5 Babel's Children Part 11

The Book of Blood Volume 5 Babel's Children Part 11

You killed Lowell,' he said. There was no point in trying to pretend ignorance any longer; if the boy didn't remember now what he'd done, he would surely recall in time. And with that memory, how long before he remembered that Cleve had watched him transform? Better to confess it now. 'I saw you,' Cleve said, 'I saw you change. . .' Billy didn't seem much disturbed by these revelations. 'Yes,' he said. 'I killed Lowell. Do you blame me?' The question, begging a hundred others, was put lightly, as a matter of mild interest, no more. 'What happened to you?' Cleve said. 'I saw you - there - ' he pointed, appalled at the memory, at the lower bunk, 'you weren't human.' 'I didn't mean you to see,' the boy replied. 'I gave you the pills, didn't I? You shouldn't have spied.' 'And the night before . . .' Cleve said, 'I was awake then too.' The boy blinked like a bemused bird, head …