The bump was still there. It wasn t an imaginary bump, not like the maggot. When he got angry Spike always thought of himself as a motion picture hero. But he didn t have the muscles or the reflexes to go with it. Neither did Charles, fortunately.
Fights are ugly things.
You can t get around it. They re not glamorous like the movies at all. And then there s always shouting. All that shouting. Spike s head throbbed some more just thinking about it.