now that i 'm out of the house i push all my doubts and questions out of my mind and focus on hauling ass as fast as my cramping legs will allow me , spinning down through the vacant streets toward the cove , taking every shortcut i can think of , watching the sun descend steadily toward the blazing gold line of the horizon , as though the sky-a brilliant , electric blue at this point-is water , and the light is just sinking through it .