`` i said you look different , '' he says , folding the paper down and looking at her . no vehicles seemed to be running anywhere . sounds like some damn dog got her like a pit-bull , she said strongly as she put on lipstick . a sign , hanging from two chains on a high-angle post , was caught in the spill . action figures and toy soldiers marched across his shelves , off to do battle with the cluster of plastic monsters lurking in the corner . we-we would each do our part ? 