She shields Oskar the Luv Pug from all the things he may hear about her. It isn't the first cut that is the deepest. It actually maybe the fifth or sixth one. He had handed me a knife that was dull.
Skin has a sound.
As you wear it each day you can hardly expect its slithering whisper. It can curl like delicate chocolate shavings. The sound of skin is not what it looks like. Somehow skin is always compared to paper when it is entirely unlike paper. Skin is deceptive.