Skinner looked at him, over the plastic razor. "Thing is, Scooter, they just don’t get any duller, after a while." He lathered and shaved his upper lip, then paused. Yamazaki had been "Kawasaki" for the first several visits. Now he was "Scooter." The pale old eyes regarded him neutrally, hooded under reddish lids. Yamazaki sensed Skinner’s inward laughter.