`` sales , '' hank replied , stopping at my side . in its place , a bottomless calm settled over me . `` then why am i frightened out of my wits ? '' it led us directly outside , to a small platform at an opening on the north face of the pyramid . a pissed-off panther that had n't bothered to put on a shirt yet . ya got a place we can talk ? i thought this was good advice so i kept running . the weight of her breasts , as if they pulled her toward the earth . 