`` your blood pressure is better today , 146 over 86 , but that is n't great . `` n-n ... '' he scrunched his eyes shut , looking frustrated . right now , i know of only one of such creature , and you are looking at him . i took the blame for smoking up in his room when we were teenagers , too . `` these were n't here last spring , were they ? '' `` rely too much on computers these days , '' he grumbled . he did not feel surprise , only a dull sense of alarm . 