ignoring the worried looks of the others waiting by the wagon , jared headed for the gray lady , who 'd been wandering around in the field next to the creek since they 'd had to stop . maybe these people werent so bad after all . and i said a bunch of funny stuff too . he needed to burn off some of the fury pumping through him . the old man was in touch with some level of knowledge which told him how to behave , not in the social sense , but in a deeper , more permanent way . 