he was watching a meter and the needle was rising quickly . it was late afternoon , but with the heat , it felt like high noon in hell . as i folded up the paper , he tucked his hands into his pockets once more . at first she thought i was a human and then when she found out i was a dream-hunter , she hated me . he was going to need to teach her a lesson the hard way , it seemed this was the only way she wanted it . 