Complete: he mocked the coastal cold that crept up his back and neck ; the pinch that sent his mind reeling was colder . his fingers still braced the rock and his eyes blended with the boy 's eyes in the boto . the fingers at the top of his spine braced and squeezed and pulled as he watched the sandstone come close to the boto . through the boy , ravno glanced back at the oar-woman then up at his hands and thick fingers as they grabbed and pulled at the
rock