You don't make a tree stronger by cutting down its roots. [ Nash wondered sometimes if he would blow away, like leaves do, after their colors are touched with fire and there is nothing left to tie him down. ]

[ He thinks about lying; he can do a pretty good imitation of someone who doesn't feel. He's met enough people like that, over the years. ]

I have a family, Byerly. [ He even lives with them, some of the time. ] But as I said, I'm a different person when I'm at home.