Blood From a Stone (151 page)

H
e
shook
h
i
s
head
a
g
a
i
n
f
or
e
m
phas
i
s.
“
I
’
m
so
rr
y but no b
l
ood.”

“
N
o
one
e
l
se
has
t
o
k
no
w
,”
she
sa
i
d
t
o
uch
i
ng h
i
s
a
r
m
. “I
am
a
tr
a
i
ned
l
ab
t
ech
and
I
need
t
he
m
ach
i
ne
r
y
t
he
r
e,
but
I cou
l
d
m
a
k
e
su
r
e
no
one
e
l
se
fi
nds
ou
t
.
I
t
w
ou
l
d be
a
li
t
tl
e
tri
c
ky
, but
I
can s
w
i
ng
it
.”

H
e shook
h
i
s
head a
g
a
i
n. “
N
ope.”

“Wh
y
?
I
k
now
y
ou
’r
e
not
sca
r
ed
of
need
l
es
or
‘
g
i
v
i
ng b
l
ood
’
.
D
on
’
t
y
ou
w
ant
t
o
k
now
w
hat
t
h
i
s…
t
h
i
s
ab
i
l
i
t
y
….
y
ou ha
v
e
i
s? What
po
t
en
ti
al
y
ou
m
i
g
ht
ha
v
e?”

H
e
sat
i
n
s
il
ence
f
or
a
m
o
m
ent
w
e
i
g
h
i
n
g
w
hat
he shou
l
d
t
e
l
l
he
r
.
T
h
i
s
w
as
g
e
tti
ng
m
o
r
e
co
m
p
li
ca
t
ed
and
now he
r
e
m
e
m
be
r
ed
w
hy he
’
d
k
ept
t
h
i
s
sec
r
et
t
o
h
i
m
se
l
f
f
or cen
t
u
ri
es.
B
ack
w
hen
no
t
echno
l
o
g
y ex
i
s
t
ed,
i
t
w
as
s
i
m
p
l
e.
S
o
m
eone
fi
nds
out
y
ou
ha
v
e
any
k
i
nd
of
supe
r
na
t
u
r
al
ab
i
l
it
y
, or
e
v
en
suspec
t
s
y
ou do and
y
ou
’
d
g
et
bu
r
ned as
a
w
it
ch or
a he
r
e
ti
c.
H
e
ll
,
t
he
y
’
d
bu
r
n
y
ou
i
f
y
ou
k
ept
a
pot
of
he
r
bs
or
k
new
how
t
o
tr
eat
a
s
i
m
p
l
e
w
ound
i
f
y
ou
used
an
y
t
h
i
ng o
t
her
t
han
l
eeches
sanc
ti
oned
by
t
he
C
a
t
ho
li
c
chu
r
ch!
Y
e
p
.
B
on
fir
es and ba
r
beques
i
n abundance.

I
n
t
h
i
s
past
cen
t
u
r
y
,
pa
r
ano
r
m
al  ac
ti
v
it
y
w
as 
m
o
r
e
w
i
de
l
y accep
t
ed
fr
om
w
hat
he
‘
s
seen and hea
r
d, but
o
n
l
y
on
t
v and
i
n
m
o
v
i
es.
H
e
w
as
p
r
e
tt
y
ce
rt
a
i
n
t
hat
i
f
so
m
e
thi
ng
li
k
e
t
hat
happened
i
n
real
lif
e,
i
t
w
ou
l
d be a
w
ho
l
e d
iff
e
r
ent
ba
l
l
g
a
m
e.
H
au
l
ed
a
w
ay by
t
he
g
o
v
e
r
n
m
ent
or
m
ilit
a
r
y
,
l
oc
k
ed
up and
d
i
ssec
t
ed
li
k
e
a
fr
og
i
n
sc
i
ence
c
l
ass.
B
u
r
n
i
ng
at
t
he
s
t
a
k
e
see
m
ed
equa
ll
y
as
hu
m
ane
i
n
co
m
pa
ri
son,
t
o
t
e
l
l
t
he
tr
u
t
h.
H
e
’
d pass,
t
hank
y
ou.

“
L
i
s
t
en,
W
ill
o
w
.
I
j
ust
don
’
t
w
ant
t
o
open
t
hat
can
of
w
o
r
m
s.
I
f
i
t
e
v
er
g
ot
ou
t
…
.i
f
y
ou
s
li
pped
and
t
o
l
d
so
m
e
one,
or
i
f
a
t
ube
of
b
l
ood
g
ot
out
i
n
t
o so
m
eone
e
l
se
’
s
hands
by a
c
c
i
den
t
.
I
j
ust
don
’
t
w
ant
t
o
deal
w
it
h
t
ha
t
.
I
f
s
o
m
eone
f
ound so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
w
e
ir
d,
t
he
y
’
d
l
ock
m
e
up
i
n
a ca
g
e so
m
e
w
h
e
r
e
t
o s
t
udy
m
e.”