he reached for her hand once more and gave it a slight squeeze . something moved in his line of sight at the corner of his left eye . he smoothly and gracefully shifted to another position , so that he could face the screen directly . hell , explaining this was n't going to be easy . besides , she had said , who can afford to see a shrink around here ? `` do you have any thoughts on how we can keep these people alive ? '' she was looking back at us . 