Then you remember the dream,†Mencheres stated. “That bodes ill.â€<br /> <br />The fear of that made my reply snappy. “Hey, Walks Like An Egyptian, how about for once you drop the formal stuff and talk like you live in the twenty-first century?â€<br /> <br />The shit’s gonna splatter, start buggin’, yo,†Mencheres responded instantly.<br /> <br />I stared at him, then burst out laughing, which was highly inappropriate considering the very grave warning he’d just conveyed.