do you think it stores up a charge , like a battery ? '' his soft laugh warmed my ears . `` you 're no longer welcome here . before he took a bite from his sandwich , he said , youre stingy with information . `` i did note several strong emotional reactions , but i doubt they will be of much use . `` he made it seem so logical . '' `` but you meant so much to him . his friend , quite polite , said , `` bless you . '' a battered leather case lay beside it . 