im afraid i dont really have much to go on at this point , i said , looking down at my digital voice recorder . what did she think was going to happen , anyway ? well , the tu'atta portion of it . she pushed the scales back into the corner and went to bed . `` he 's in hog heaven , '' she whispered back . gale 's still losing blood from the neck wound , which we have n't even cleaned . the truth flowed from him , already a part of him . 