Jus' go on like we was gonna buck barley the rest of our lives, then all of a sudden some day we'll go get our pay an' scram outta here.

But not just any old soul will do: only the souls of the engifted can be decanted.

'My fifty pounds says three months after the invasion there'll be a free press in Iraq, and unmonitored internet access too.'

Folklore often portrays barghests as guardians who lead lost travelers home, I said, not answering his question in the least, or mentioning that more often barghests were considered portents of death.