It seemed life would never change. At breakfast, sometimes, Call would catch him staring into the fire the way old animals stared before they died--as if looking across into the other place. Gus sat for five minutes, not saying a word. As they got ready to go in Jasper drew his pistol, but Call shook his head.
He had wandered in one morning, unbranded, and had immediately whipped three larger bulls that attempted to challenge him. He didn't know what the rules were with people who were dead. Look at them birds, Augustus said. He had a bloody lump on his head, and a hangover.
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