Break-Up (25)
UNITED STATES As Zorba resumed his story, he wished he could sharpen a few details. His itch to know why they were in the year 100 Twelvetrees would have to wait. The essential thing was to move on boldly with what sketchy hunches he had. The pencil is always in love with the sharp point, but often enough the blunt point is good enough to finish the job. frightened
The family’s hopes frightened him; they craved a savior for this man so far gone. To Zorba’s trained eye he knew that the pallor and round belly signified a damaged liver struggling under a bad load of toxins, being unable to rid the body of it. The strict code of primitive technologies forbade a machine to cleanse the blood.