he said , `` i 'll even tell you where everyone is in- '' at first , he thought the man had pushed him , that he was n't moving fast enough , and he tried to improve his pace , but something bloomed inside his right lung-a rod of molten pain-and he went down , kneeling in snow up to his neck , watching the man in white clean his blood off a piece of metal by running the blade between his gloved thumb and forefinger .