`` there 's a generator out back , '' i said but i did n't move . `` okay ... '' i muttered , the only response i could manage . we have yet to have word on their conditions . it was maybe thirty seconds before james spoke again . six thousand , one hundred dollars we spent on christmas . he frowned as another thought occurred to him . how do you know they 're not watching me right now ? and before he could stop himself , he added , might head up back to doc campbells afterwards anyway . 