"I want you to be quiet unless I'm asking you a question." Barty stepped in front of Bill and looked down at him. An advantage of the height difference, he decided. "You'll be scared today. You'll be sad. You'll fear me and love me. Maybe hate me a bit. That's all good. All I want from you is everything."

He didn't consider that too much to ask. "I'll mark you in ways no one else can."

That was a promise.

He attacked Bill suddenly, forcing him down within moments. He got his arms behind his back and made him cross his wrists, trying to test how much fight was in him.