grandma mary brought her own mug over and sat down . `` oh , i think there is , '' he murmured softly . how reasonable he made it sound-as if she usually did her shopping in the middle of the night . he grunted in response , wanting to tell mike to take his `` stuff '' and shove it up his ass . `` i do n't know how a person could work any harder . i blocked her stick with my purple hand , then punched her in the face . 