"How do you know about that?" asked Melva curiously as she kept her eyes focused on Arlie and the woman tied to the pole. Since Arlie's movements seemed like they were controlled, they were sluggish. He did everything slowly, so they should make it there in time before he could light up the woman on fire. Arlie was now pouring some liquid all over her body. It must be gasoline, so that the fire would spread faster.
Vance was still holding Melva's hand, leading her because she could not look where she was going due to the limitation of her clairvoyance ability. She could zoom into a particular spot she wanted to see, but she could not see anything other than that. She was only tagging along wherever Vance took her.
