Now that I've edited, posted, and re-edited my own, I can come back and give a more coherent comment.
He felt a fury rising in himself, traveling up his body and settling behind his eyes where it tinged everything an angry shade of red.
This, for me, is up there with bursting into flames.
You've managed to humanize Konrad for me, to show that his facade is capable of cracking, that he is capable of harboring emotions that should shame him. It makes him more than tolerable. It makes him a real man.
It’s not everyday you find that you’re not the man you thought you were.
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Date: 2006-02-27 03:37 am (UTC)He felt a fury rising in himself, traveling up his body and settling behind his eyes where it tinged everything an angry shade of red.
This, for me, is up there with bursting into flames.
You've managed to humanize Konrad for me, to show that his facade is capable of cracking, that he is capable of harboring emotions that should shame him. It makes him more than tolerable. It makes him a real man.
It’s not everyday you find that you’re not the man you thought you were.
Perfect.