The younger pushed a thumb-sucking baby in a stroller with little animals dangling-including a baby elephant. The kid's eyes looked glassy with pleasure as it snacked on its own thumb. "What do they get out of that?" Eve wondered as they stepped into the vacated elevator. "How good could your own thumb taste?" "It's not the taste, it's the sucking action. Oral satisfaction and comfort." "So, basically, they're giving themselves a blow job?" For a couple of seconds, Peabody's mouth worked silently. "I … I can't possibly answer that without feeling really dirty and weirded.
( J.D. Robb )
[ Leverage in Death ]
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