Tommy gulped. He glanced at his own reflection. He was a popular, popular, squash drinker with short thighs and scrawny eyelashes. His friends saw him as a decomposing, dirty do gooder. Once, he had even brought an outrageous old man back from the brink of death.

But not even a popular person who had once brought an outrageous old man back from the brink of death, was prepared for what Ruth had in store today.