if things were different- he stops talking long enough to stroke his cheek along my foot as i pull it away from him . he wiped the spit with his sleeve . i could have sworn id just been hit square in the spine . we have the weapon ; they know we have the weapon , now we just have to show them we are serious . i thought we were meeting there for coffee before school . '' from the moment she laid eyes on it , she knew exactly what it was , and what it was doing . 