one girl raised her hand , like we were in class . except for ale ... but she was like no other human he had ever met , islander or merman . a mug of coffee was on the breakfast bar . he was dying to do it again . i had n't gotten a really good look at him this summer . you were three days old when we brought you home . i knew i was in decent physical shape , but to handle an hour of deep fighting stance on my first day of practice ! 