afterward , our next door neighbors , mason and lori , a young married couple with a two-year-old , show up with gifts . she quickly unwrapped it and started eating . the man in the jeans stamped down on his fingers before they could grasp . after reading that , i would have crumpled up the letter too . like a centipede they traveled to the drain near the west wall , emptied the buckets , and then marched to the ration table for their hash , bread and coffee . `` i do n't want to be the reason for that . 