his laughter was rough as a saw on stone . `` you 're probably not going to be smiling when i tell you what happened . '' his nose breaks with a satisfying crunch . she nodded quickly , like an old dog that had been beaten repeatedly . `` they think honey grows on trees ! '' `` wear this , '' i said , pulling it over her head before she could protest or even ask why . kind of like when my brother and i spun around in circles until we fell down . 