for the pot of pills it was a similar journey to my armful of blood , only lieutenant head ( whose father was possibly the only friend that the president had left and whose rank was falling in direct proportion to the presidents popularity rating ) had had his horoscope read to him by his new crew chief , punctuated at regular intervals by a punch on the nose , and was now sedately sat in the drivers seat of the replacement tav-8b ( with a plaster over his nose ) .