`` tell me what you know about the bomber . the dragon had a mouthful of pebbles . `` the girl has accepted the mission , she and her team will be setting off within the next couple of days . '' i 'm sure this whole frank business will turn out to be nothing . '' this was the closest he had come to literature since school had let out for spring break . he was asking for a hell of a lot from her -- far more than he had a right to . 