dark, thrilling, and/or criminal sentence starters ( accepting )

The noise he makes is akin to a childish GIGGLE, hazel eyes are glazed as he stares at the grain of the wood table that separates them. Faint traces of ‘ snow ‘ litters the surface, there’s no suggestion of how much he’s taken.
“ The inappropriate response would be ‘ not high enough ‘. “ he laughs harder, a hand comes to sit upon his chest as he aims to control his ill placed amusement, “ Not high enough. “