and then gregory didnt have as single moment to look at the others ; tupin was striding over determinedly ; he was a half a head taller than gregory : his face twisted into a snarl , and he swung a big fist : gregory didnt bother to dodge he needed to find out how hard tupin could hit how much of a beating could gregory take before he could not ; the fist caught gregorys cheek : it hurt , and gregorys vision darkened ; but hed rolled with it , and that was probably as hard as the boy could hit ; he could take it for bit the gypsy snarled in triumph began to follow up watch your thoughts .