" The raid""s sole surviving assassin Mathayus was captured and restrained, and confronted by the duplicitous Takmet, who pledged his allegiance to Memnon.The pod with the chimp headed into the eye of the storm - went off-course, and then inexplicably disappeared.Its emotional impact is shaped by the unique perspective of the narrator - a typical teenager elling the tale out of her own youthful concerns (having fun, her uncertain future), combining her beliefs about the dual contradictory nature of humanity ("you just got half-devil and half-angel in ya"), and imaginative and fearsome fantasies of religious judgment and divine retribution (the flaming end of the world, and he Devil""s presence on Earth).Your memory""s all shot to pieces - you can""t concentrate.Look at your bridge scores! And you""re irritable because your nerves are all on edge.You won""t admit it, but you can""t deny it, can you? Now I think we""ll get somewhere.Further tests are utilized to probe more deeply into her condition, including a squeezing test with her right and left hands." As she left, he waved at her with the check in his hand (as if it was a handkerchief).Suddenly out of his hiding place in the shadows, Max""s landlord (Shimen Ruskin) grabbed the check, and asserted a semi-legal sounding phrase: "He who signs a lease, must pay rent.