it was enough to make everyone stop in their tracks for a while at least , but between the people arguing with them up front and everyone in the back shoving us forward , i was getting pretty scared . this time , i knew right away what she meant , and more of that same fury rose in me . she knew what knives could do . you must have been dying to tell me since when , fifth grade ? '' specks and stains covered the glass wall that separated the man from the rest of us . 