he grinned and dropped his hand from my face . thinking fast i moaned and caught the nurse as she brushed past me . `` you stole something that could put me and my entire species in the ground . he toweled off and put on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt . i could n't get a clear fix on his face . surprisingly , that knowledge does not weigh as heavily on him as he would have guessed . travis hung up and tossed the phone onto the nearest chair . 