Threat.

“People might get a heart attack, don’t you think?”

“If their heart races too fast, they might.”

“I think it’s dangerous to be close.”

“You know, someone once asked me if my heart was racing fast like theirs. We were sitting pretty close.”

“What did you say?”

“I said it didn’t. Because, it didn’t.”

“Hmm.”

“But, right now, I can feel my heart beating, faster than usual.”

“Does that suppose to mean anything?”

“I don’t know if it means anything. But, I am just saying.”

“You think it is something?”

“Just the side-effects, I guess.”

The high of half a joint became a threat to lust.