Andy looked to Kit for confirmation, but she was already on her way up the truck’s short ladder. By the time Andy boarded, Markowitz had threaded his way through the machinery crammed into the truck and was confronting a short, overweight black man whom Andy might have mistaken for a dwarf if his shoulders had been wider and his beard fuller. The man was nearly snarling at Markowitz and showing strong-looking, amber teeth nearly the color of cheddar cheese. His ITRU cap had the legend "The Big." He had to be Cheese. Kid Tech Eng had disappeared into the darkened depths of the van.