"I think you know under half a dozen people who could talk fast enough to get all of it," he says like a joke even though it's really not. 'Home' has been a buzz of conversation, at least behind closed doors where the "kids" can't hear.

He's the only one now, and you'd think he was completely dumb and not just deaf to miss all this. "Everybody's acting like christmas fruit cake. Nothing's up to panic about, except maybe to talk to someone who's not panicing?"