who did the social security follow up ? `` thank you for teaching me how to stand my ground , dad . '' i typed and re-typed my short little write-up , turned it in with a sense of terrible dread , and received a curt note to cut 250 words . who else can we go to ? '' bond went up to his room . `` did she seem okay to you ? '' there was a clunk behind them , and the ship shook slightly as the first-stage cage was dropped . 