question: Manji briefly glanced at her with a glassy eye and turned away . Rin was reminded of the cloaked , covetous hostility her bodyguard had shown her for days after he 'd first glimpsed her naked body , and felt an apprehensive prickle in her belly that had nothing to do with her hunger pangs . She approached him a little hesitantly and halted so she could follow the path he took down to the stream .
Q: Why does Rin appear to be so withdrawn in this scenario ?

answer: Rin feels distrustful of others .

question: I am like BA , I am watching Fannie and Freddie fall to below a $ 1 in cost . At one time , I had thought about buying stock in one of them ; glad I did n't . I get sticker shock every time I go to the grocery store .
Q: What current event am I describing ?

answer: The financial collapse

question: I look back now on those first months of his life , all those days that I watched him struggle to do nothing more than breathe . I do n't know that I have ever known a fear as great as what I experienced during that time , but , it was more then just fear , it was the helplessness . I ' m a doctor , I ' m supposed to save lives , and all I could do was stand there and pray that those into whose hands I had entrusted his care , could keep him alive . I remember standing there in the NICU , listening to the sound of the vents , and all of the other noises in that small room that come together to create a symphony of life and hope .
Q: Where was the narrator when they watched someone struggling ?

answer:
They were in the hospital nursery watching doctors care for their baby .