I see his face change, and I think at the boys: I could kill you. I would eat your hearts and the marrow of your bones. I'm stronger than them, and I can move faster, faster than this body should. I tip the one who pushed him quite easily over the side of the bridge. I could have done far worse. I will, if they keep this up.

"Go away," I tell them, low and fierce. I put my arm around him.