What’s more, they seem more concerned with avoiding us than stalking us.”“I think you’re overestimating them. They’re mindless animals! They...’ll attack anything which attracts their attention. You haven’t encountered them in the numbers we have. They’ll attack at a moment’s notice with little concern for safety or rational thought.”“And you folks have little experience with animals; otherwise you’d realize they’re rational creatures themselves. They might not apply logic to every situation, but. I’m your sister!” Melissa snapped.Mark shrugged his shoulders looking at me. “If it falls on you, I’ll just kiss Red instead.”My face burned, and I instantly dropped my eyes. Red was the only thing Mark had ever called me. It was because of my head full of red, unruly curls.Everyone laughed and made a few whistles and catcalls, but no one seemed to have a problem with that arrangement.Melissa rolled her eyes. “Whatever.”We all sat in a circle surrounding the empty beer bottle and Melissa went. Jimmy Sutton: Friend of Bill's—one of the scary 6th graders.Introduced in 5th grade (chapter 2)Angela Kimes: Brian's lab partner at science camp summer between 4th and 5th and summer between 5th and 6th, a black girl quite a bit bigger than Brian and very worldly.Carl Fisher: Bill's younger brother, same class as Brian but suddenly a big guy after summer growth spurt, becomes Brian's protector.Doug Swift: Carl's friend who also grows up fast and becomes Brian's protector.Brenda Lenox: Early. He said a lot shit that day, butthe thing that stuck in my head was when he said. "If I was his son, then hecouldn't have me running away every time I saw a naked goddamn woman."I thought he might get me a subscription to "Playboy" or maybe even take meto my first "strip joint" but he had other plans. The very next day he called me into the processing room. I gasped,as I entered the room, surprised to see Ann Davis sitting on the large stainlesssteal table that was in the center of it. (Ann.