" Probably, as long as you don't overdue it." I thought I'd do some light woodworking. I have an idea for a wooden medallion." 'Wooden medallion, ' th...t sounds like it's contradictory." What else would you call a wooden disk that's meant to be worn around your neck?" Eliphino."I eased my way to my room to put on some old clothes and limped to the basement. Mom said, "Be careful," as I descended."I won't be doing anything that can cut off a hand. Maybe a finger." Smartass."I went into Dad's. ”“I think it’s better if I don’t participate,” he said.“Will you at least keep coming to study group? I knew that Stephie and Cindi were helping. You’re grades are improving. Why throw that away? And please, please, come to the Halloween party.”“I’ll think about it, OK?” he said, and walked away.I shook my head. We’d managed to really, really hurt this guy, and it should never have happened. I partly blamed myself for not recognizing that he might not be ready for the kinds of interactions we. She was wearing a nighty and just stood a feet away from me. I asked her as if I don’t know anything (obviously)…. what happened? She just sobbed for some time and said….don’t ask me anything please….I just feel like dying!! I just felt she needed someone to give her some moral support and I said….hey I am there to listen….if it is about some fight with Krishnan then just forget it….because fights between husband and wife are very common and it will just be fine…. She said no it’s just not. I had almost forgotten her. Both of those wounded men would have died by sundown I told myself but actually I did not care. We had stopped taking Germans prisoner at least a month before.I checked the other two bodies, and then cut the nearly naked young woman loose. She staggered to the well and drew up a bucket of water. I drank some more corn and then joined her, after stripping the sergeant's jacket from his body. It seemed the least bloody. It hung from her shoulders and covered her hands..