Nick swallowed heavily, swearing under his breath, though if that was because he could feel his bone moving around in ways bones were never meant to, or because he was unhappy about the prospect of being grounded for a few months was anybody's best guess at this point.

"Worst fucking time of year for this," he moaned. "Brick-guy could've waited until, dunno, winter or fucking monsoon season or... hell, the second coming of Christ or something, I wouldv'e been okay with that."