`` why ca n't y'all just stay forever ? `` i would imagine many of them are bypassing this in favor of getting in a few rounds . '' i sat up and tucked the sheet under my arms . 'how do you know they 'd do you any good ? have you come to rub hot pepper into every wound i have ? he would never have to shave again . silence pressed her palms to her aching stomach . the job itself had gone smoothly , but the skyscraper district , over five square miles had been creepy . 