Even to humans, the sting from one of these nasty little bastards can be at the very least painful, and at the worst, they can cause temporary paralys...s and even heart failure. Deryk was about thirty or forty feet away from it and I had to swim in an arc away from it to get to him, desperately hoping that he wasn’t still tangled-up in its tentacles.As I approached him, I tried to calm him, as he was still beating the water with one arm, desperately trying to keep afloat.“I’m here,” I called to. “I don’t really smoke it anymore. It’s not a very good idea when you’re a pilot that’s constantly on call.”“I suppose not.” She told me. “But you don’t mind if I smoke some do you? You wouldn’t tell Daddy?”“You mean here?” I asked. “Now?”“Yeah.” She nodded, smiling. “I’ve got a joint on me that I’m just itching to burn. You’re a cool guy, aren’t you?”I thought about it for a moment, finally deciding that if she wanted to smoke a joint in the plane, it wasn’t my concern. After all, her old man. Nighet would laugh it off and say stuff about me being jealous or stuff like that until one day she said “I bet you wished you had a nose like mine”“No way!” I insisted shaking my head“Well” She added making sure that no one could hear her as she leaned in close to me “They say that men with big noses have big Lunds”I think I blushed and looked in surprise, at her. “Lunds? Where did you hear that word?”She laughed and turned and walked away Looking back over her shoulder at me as she walked. Terry has declared that he will start using again and get arrested to avoid going home." Noooooo!" Theresa wailed. "I don't understand!" Your son is not an addict," the woman explained. "He took the drugs as an escape, but he shows no classic signs of addiction. He is just afraid to come home." But there is no reason for him to be afraid," Vince objected."To him, there is a very real reason, and I'm sure you know what it is," she answered. "The same reason he refused to see you when you tried.