motherlode

Thomas Mcguane creates a tone in my opinion of a slow panic at the beginning.  I guess he does that by not going into detail of how David must be feeling at certain moments like having the gun of Ray's on his stomach.  There wasnt much talk of fear, plans to escape, or people back home that will miss him if things were to go south.  The story intro seems to go pretty quick in the first few pages after starting off just at the speed limit, which mirrors the 2 hour car ride scene with David and Ray.