turning his head , he glared at her over his shoulder . `` do what you need to , mack . now here it is again , that stupid nickname , mocking her . his bottles were empty , of course , and he wondered how anyone could collect something all their lives without sampling its contents . there is too much yet needing to be done . but now that the plan was in action , there was no stopping it . and none of them looked friendly . did he ever decide your free will was more trouble than it was worth ? 