when he spoke again , she could feel the warm rumble of his voice in his chest . i mean works that spoke out against the norm and the average . `` he was so weak from his earlier beating that i did n't think he could survive another one . '' i rolled my eyes and threw a pillow at him . you wo n't even be a little bitty scrap of skin by the time it dumps you out in the river . he pulls a square black remote from his pocket and turns it on . 