Mei walked away from the disappointment, pretending to leave. As she took a few quick steps, her every instinct said she should stop at a close corner. Feeling more than a stirring of curiosity, she hid, turned and watched Bing getting into a green taxi. She rushed into another. Her eyelids skipped weirdly. The growing hotness of her ears inflamed the madness lurking in a particular nerve that connected everything.