Blood From a Stone (79 page)

S
tr
an
g
e.
T
hen
a
g
a
i
n,
m
a
y
be
he
w
as
j
ust
i
m
a
g
i
n
i
ng
i
t and
i
t
w
as
j
ust
t
he
ca
ff
e
i
ne
fr
om
t
he
coup
l
e
of
cups
of
co
f
f
ee,
t
hou
g
h
not
li
k
e
l
y
.
I
t
w
as
on
l
y
t
w
o
cups.
D
r
u
g
s,
bo
o
z
e, ca
f
f
e
i
ne…none of it
had much
e
ff
ect
on
h
i
m un
l
ess
t
a
k
en
i
n
m
ass
i
v
e
q
uan
titi
es,
w
h
i
ch
of
cou
r
se
he
’
d
done
on
m
any o
c
cas
i
ons
i
n
nea
r
l
y e
v
e
r
y
Aw
a
k
en
i
n
g
.
Much
m
o
r
e
t
han
any hu
m
an cou
l
d consu
m
e
w
it
hout
d
y
i
n
g
.

S
a
m
son
no
t
ed
t
he
d
i
g
it
al
c
l
ock
on
t
he
cab
l
e
box
sa
i
d
i
t
w
as
w
e
l
l
past
1
a
m
.
“We
ll
,
I
g
uess
I
’
d
be
tt
er
be
g
o
i
ng ho
m
e now
so
y
ou
can
g
et
so
m
e
s
l
eep
and
I can
g
et
up
t
o
g
o
t
o
w
o
r
k
t
o
m
o
rr
o
w
.”

W
ork?
Hmmm
…
We
ll
,
he
d
i
d
i
n
f
act
ha
v
e
w
o
r
k
t
o
do. Mo
r
e
p
r
ep
w
o
r
k
,
paper
w
o
r
k and
l
a
y
i
ng as
i
de
w
hat
h
e’
d
need
f
or
t
he
next
ti
m
e
he
a
w
o
k
e
fr
om
h
i
s
da
m
nab
l
e
f
a
t
e.
A
nd
t
hen he
d
i
d
li
k
e
t
o
g
et
i
n
a
g
ood
w
o
r
k
out
e
v
e
r
y day and
a
r
un,
t
o
k
eep h
i
s body
i
n
t
he shape
i
t
w
as
i
n
w
hen he
’
d
C
ha
n
g
ed.

B
ack
i
n h
i
s
o
w
n
ti
m
e, he
’
d he
ft
ed a broads
w
o
r
d
tr
a
i
n
i
ng
w
it
h
h
i
s
f
a
t
her
f
or
se
v
e
r
al
hou
r
s
a
day a
n
d
he
w
as
not on
l
y  s
tr
ong  as
a
ho
r
se,
but
bu
il
t
li
k
e
one
of
t
oda
y
’
s
t
op a
t
h
l
e
t
es.
H
e
i
n
t
ended
t
o
k
eep
i
t
t
hat
w
a
y
…a
lt
hou
g
h
a
g
i
ng and ph
y
s
i
cal
b
r
ea
k
do
w
n
see
m
ed
not
             
t
o be of
conce
r
n.
N
one
t
he
l
ess,
he
fi
g
u
r
ed
t
hat
i
f
he
w
as
g
o
i
ng
li
v
e
f
o
r
e
v
er
li
k
e one
of
Z
eus
’
s
o
w
n,
he
w
as
g
o
i
ng
t
o
m
a
k
e
su
r
e
he
l
oo
k
ed
t
he pa
rt
.
I
t
hadn
’
t
hu
r
t
h
i
m
w
hen
i
t
ca
m
e
t
o
g
e
tti
ng
th
e
l
ad
i
es
i
n
t
o h
i
s
bed
e
it
he
r
….
t
hey  see
m
ed
m
o
r
e
t
han
happy 
w
it
h
h
i
s ph
y
s
i
cal
a
ttri
bu
t
es.

O
f
cou
r
se,
he
’
d
a
l
so
k
no
w
n
t
hat
he
cou
l
d
j
ust
d
e
c
i
de
t
o
be
a
bum
and
i
t
r
ea
ll
y
w
ou
l
dn
’
t
m
a
tt
e
r
.
B
ut
t
hen
a
g
a
i
n, he
’
d
tri
ed
t
hat
one
once,
and
as
t
hey  sa
i
d
i
n
t
oda
y
’
s
e
l
o
quent
w
o
r
ds;
i
t
‘
suc
k
ed
‘
.
H
e
’
d
m
uch
r
a
t
her
do
t
he pape
r
w
o
r
k
,
w
o
r
k
ou
t
s,
and
o
t
her
t
as
k
s
t
o
m
a
k
e
t
h
i
n
g
s
m
o
r
e
co
m
fort
ab
l
e and p
l
easu
r
ab
l
e
w
h
il
e he
w
as
hu
m
an.