skintheft    _{*  cody.}

          ‘ then you oughta know better than judgin off appearances, huh? ’  it smiles. it’s one of those secret smiles: not i have a secret that you don’t know but more we know things other people don’t, you and me, we got secrets.  ‘ i can take anyone. ’

_{“     yeah,  you right.     ”     it’s simple,  and she won’t read too far into it,  but she likes that cody can relate.    doesn’t find that  often,  at least not in other people.    people that look like cody.    hypocritical,  maybe,  but she doesn’t have a good track record with those outside her circle.     “     i’m holdin’ you to that if i ever need backup.    this one asshole tried crowdin’ me in an alley just the other day.    didn’t beat his ass but i did  knife  him.     ”     she leaves out the part where he gave the switchblade back to her two days later.}