`` i do n't want to be weak , and i do n't want to depend on people . her tips had been pretty good tonight . like thick beams of sunlight , like threads of burning orange spilling from the heavens , they came down there seemed to be a thousand of them . she 'd definitely have to start over with whatever career she dreamed up for herself . the only mark he bore was a strange tattoo on his left shoulder of a yellow sun that was pierced by three white lightning bolts . 