but you 're a burn that just wo n't heal . he can be somewhat of a tyrant about it . the woman sneered at me as we passed . but he probably would n't have been pleased if i told him how we knew each other . he was exactly the right size , and he jumped and leaped at the students and then chased after a ball . i use the silence to sort out my thoughts , to line them up in some kind of order . they left the bar and continued down the street to a dead end . 