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My eyes are sore, and I figure you’re a sight for them. === “Well, they call them rescue workers,” he said,” but they’re not rescuing anybody, because there’s nobody to rescue. Everybody’s dead.” === “It’s the same as with the blood,” he said.” The first day, everybody mobbed the hospitals, donating blood for the wounded. But it turned out there weren’t any wounded. People either got out of the buildings or they didn’t. If they got out, they were okay. If they didn’t, they’re dead. All that blood people donated? They’ve been throwing it out.” === “I can remember,” he said,” when all you did was step up to the counter and tell them where you wanted to go. You counted out bills, and they were perfectly happy to be paid in cash. You had to give them a name, but you could make it up on the spot, and the only way they asked for identification was if you tried to pay them by check.”