The sun snagged on his crooked skin.

“He thought of his old tapes, the ones he'd had for years, the ones he'd used ov…”

“Sometimes it seemed as if he'd always been very old. People said that time last…”

“He woke early the next morning. It was still cool, but he opened the window and…”

“Jed thought he understood. It was like when his radios were thrown away. You co…”