But Will didn't touch the knife: he held his palm close by, and the heat was still too great for his hand.
"Go find some more," she says, holding open her palm.
Then I hold my palm up flat out as in Wait.
She held his palm, trying to see the damage.
She held her palm out flat and watched it rock on its bowed back.
He had shirts tucked under one arm, but held his other palm in the air.
She held her palm up to the glow, as if warming it by a fire.
She held her palm out to him and pointed to it with a long fingernail.
But as she held his palm in hers, his color returned.
I hold my palm up against it for a minute of shade.
