"Nooo -ooo -ooooooooo!" Rashad thrashes, trying very earnestly to be dropped. And that would be just like them to drop him, wouldn't it? "I'm waiting for Asadi! You promised Asadi! You promised!"

Dimly some part of him is aware that things are not going according to plan. It's not his fault, though, they're being so mean to him and everything is just so awful. "Hold me!" he demands even as he writhes to break Johnny's hold on him.