he was sure he had known just a second ago , but now everything was foggy , forgotten . people were coming down , running past me , and i could see that the floors above us were crumbling . and the who was driving her just a little bit nuts . his eyes got big and moist when i explained i got it by protecting him and our youngest brother , tyler , from falling debris when our home burned down at the end of my freshman year of high school . rick walked around the table , studied the balls . 