From Howard’s viewpoint, the strange chill he felt only increased his sense of fear. He had never felt such terror in all his life! Howard felt an urgent need to pee! If he didn’t go immediately, he didn’t know what would happen!
All at once, Howard’s body gave up the fight and released everything it was holding. Howard threw up, wet his pants and dirtied them in one single shameful exhibition of his inability to cope with the sensations produced by the wildly sloshing fluid in his inner ear and the childhood terror that involuntarily surfaced from his deepest unconscious. Joey grinned to himself as he jumped off the side of the merry-go-round and dragged it to a halt. He had seen Howie getting sick and was amused by the lack of courage his erstwhile friend had shown.
