"I... think so? I got feeling back in my leg just a minute ago. And the rest of me, too. I felt like I was turnin' to stone." But what changed? What was different?

To prove he was hale and whole, he sank to his knees before the pool, and set his jaw.

"I'm gonna drink some. If I freak the hell out, you know what to do. Just like old times." He reached in and scooped out a doubled handful of the water. Then, after a moment's hesitation, he tipped his hands and drank deep.

It tasted like Capri Sun