.. this whole story ispreposterous!" He pauses, "And yet ... I cannot deny that I am here."His/her voice drops, "Or am I? I wonder ... just how much o... me isreally here? It's certain that very little of my original self could fitinside this ... this life-size Barbie doll of yours." That is correct, Doctor. We needed your essence, your intelligence,your brain." But how is this possible? If this body contains my brain, as it must,then where is hers? There can't possibly be room for two brains. " It was a good week, Dave. If you weren't my brother..." Her eyes looked wistful."It was, Pat. I've thought the same thing. But now, here's Carlita. Her, it can be us. You and I, we really never could ... Maybe in a city far away..." Carlita deserves your best, Dave." I want to give her my best, Pat. I think we both have release here ... Brindy's a cutie in her own way..." It's about what's inside," Pat said. "Really is. She's like ... It's like she put out these tendrils that enveloped me. ” Jeffrey’s voice was little more than a whisper, but at least he could speak.Cyrus, on the other hand, was absolutely gob smacked. They had used the pocket watch to follow Darren’s timeline, taking turns on the trail while the other lagged behind. Jeffrey had puked twice, but Cyrus had held on, his stomach doing flip flops all the way through the long and twisted trail into the woods. Now, after climbing over large rocks in the dark, they were using flashlights to watch the mating habits of an. And I almost broke my thumb. My hand felt like I’d torn something inside.Cayuse watched closely, then made an upside-down motion with his hand.I shook my hand to work out the pain and nodded, “Next time.”Since I’d had that Butte history lesson from Molly, Cayuse and I took to riding north every once in a while, riding up to the Miracle Mine claim. One time we saw Gil Olbaum come out of the mine, but usually there were just two guards in place. The other four stayed in Helena until it was time.