Maybe a beard wouldn’t be a bad idea, he thought. Even with the stubble, I don’t look much like that Newsday photo anymore. No one seemed to recognize me down in the lobby. Why should they? New York’s week-old news isn’t going to raise much of a fuss in Seattle. No, scratch the beard. He made a first pass with the cool steel of the blade, the familiar act of shaving relaxing him enough to ponder the situation calmly.