you know things , you remember things . after a minimal amount of small talk , geared towards bubble 's special level of understanding , we moved on . its dueling again , by the look of it . his thoughts shifted to the master of the west coast vampires . i made sure to make plenty of noise as i approached mrs. tucker . but in real life , the man who steps away is considered a big-time wuss . '' all it does is go tick-tick-tick . '' no , not quite a man ; he probably wasnt much older than she . 