`` it wo n't be long , '' he said , his eyes fixing to mine as he noticed my attention on him . was this man all that he seemed to be ? all was faint , cold , and unclear . his right shoulder was very sore , and he spent another ten minutes carefully stretching and gently exercising it . spots of it here and there , not big smudges or soaked-in patches . and he didnt even play but a little over half the game or so . hades stopped spending the evening with me . 