"Si, estoy bien," Miguel said with a laugh. "/I thought he was going to kill me is all./" And he was still a little afraid he might. As he explained, Miguel led Jak through the twists and turns of the ship towarsd the Cafe.
"/I think I startled him. It sort of came together afterwards, and he was speaking to me in this really loud voice and grinning like a maniac. I grinned back and smiled and nodded. What else could I do?/"
Except run. He really wished he could have run.
"/But he did leave me $20/ dollars." His shoulders lifted in a light, bewildered shrug. "/So I guess I did get something out of it./"
Even if the fright had taken half a dozen years off his life.