<strong>--  Matthew Fitzpatrick (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=102993.msg4532756#msg4532756) - Ornery and full of himself. --</strong><br/><hr/><br/>Matthew grunted his recognition.  "Matthew.  And yeah, I figgered you was<em>still alive</em>."  The man couldn't honestly tell if the boy was being a smart ass or just tweaked in the head.  Either way, with both his back and his legs feeling sore and beat up from being curled up and then toppling down on a linoleum floor, the idea of hitching a ride for a ways suddenly seemed more appealing than biking off on his own.<br/><br/>"Fine, fine.  Don't s'pose one o' ya got a truck or somethin' with a flatbed?" he asked gruffly, following after Luis with his bike and tipping the brim of his worn out baseball cap to Aurora.  "If so I kin just hop in the back.  If not, I kin tie this sucker to the roof or the back end."