Lim's glazed eye soaks in the view of the crowd's cheer and lifts his placard until it is above Seth Gloria, who is the tallest of them all's head.
Skin lightened and surrounded by torches of fire, the teenage boy almost turned into a tomato the other day with all the heat from within.
Pops is nowhere in sight.
After all those who have lined up have each received their placards and received their applause, the president motions for the crowd to evacuate the tent. Lim Tow forms a clique with the other recipients and walks out together with them and onto the pasture.
Last to leave the tent are the presidential family and the president himself. A carriage arrives by the tent's entrance and parks itself there.
Joe Hank waits by the entrance for them. He was with the crowd of peo
