Middle Lines

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From Resume with Monsters, by William Browning Spencer:

"You are a genius. You should be spending all your time writing. The Despicable Quest is the greatest book in the world."
     "Thank you," Philip said, grateful for the praise.
     "Sure." Sissy brought Philip a beer and sat on the bed next to him. "Some of it is pretty scary though. Like when Daphne goes into Blackwater Mountain during the Festival of the Blood Leech. I had to close my eyes during parts of that. Does it scare you too? I mean, when you write it, does it scare you?"
     Philip drank the beer. "Yes. It scares me sometimes."
     He frowned as a thought surfaced, one that looked like truth as he spoke it although he had never fashioned it before. "But I thought if I wrote them inside a story, they would stay there. The world would be safe."
     "Didn't work, huh?"