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… and reminded himself of another rule: Control your fear, or your fear will make you stupid. … cheetahs do best of all the big cats, with a kill ratio of nearly fifty percent. The deadliest four-legged African predator is not a bit cat. It cannot be outrun or outdistanced, its pursuit is relentless, and it captures its prey none out of every ten .. Scott felt like Wile E. Coyote, as if he had run off a cliff into the air, in that terrible moment when he realized nothing was holding him up. She stared into the cup as if she didn’t remember why it was empty. “I’d like to keep going. IIlan? Can you tell me what the man looked like?” “I wouldn’t know what to say.” “Gared’s voice cracked liked a whip, “Did he have three arms? A goiter? Don’t be a twit!” … “…Smaller? A burly Adonis, or a spindly pear?... Suburban means what? … Boring. A straight, white, conservative, middle aged male.”