how the hell was that helping us ? it seemed too hard too much . i do n't know what 's come over me . it was something she needed to think about , later , when she was alone . `` you hit someone with that fish , did n't you ? '' he pulled out a chair for her and smacked her on the ass just before she sat . he laughs at himself in that hollow way that people do when they want to bolster themselves when the hairs on the back of their necks stand on end . 