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“He said she was a god, or carried a god within her.”
“Not a goddess?”
“He wasn’t prepared to commit.”
“Fucking woke is everywhere. So which god?”
“Urrea wasn’t sure.”
“Jesus Christ,” said Acrement.
“But not that one, I’ll wager.”

In Mexico, a zacahuil was a tamale up to six feet long. Thanks to the activities of the Los Zetas cartel, to zacahuil meant to roast another human being alive in an oven.

“Fucking crackers,” said Negus. “I have a shotgun in the car, if that helps.”
“I think they prefer ‘hillbillies,’ ” said Schuler. “Still, I’d get that shotgun if I were you.”

“It must be hard to have cynicism as a default mode.”
“Sentimentality wasn’t working, so I learned to live with the burden.”
“You need to smoke some weed, take up yoga, anything that could help. You’re a very wound-up person. I mean, that pistol-whipping threat, was it kind? Was it necessary?”