Can't you hear me?
Oh, Christ, my head!
He bent forward and wet his lips with his tongue.
Before he could stop the tank it plowed into a wall and stopped with a great shock. Landel screamed. Zinc fell. Landel grabbed hold of Dennison and beat him with his fists, the pain in his wound galloping through his body. He sobbed and babbled; Zinc had to yank him off, and restrain him.
"What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?" Landel shouted.
Dennison could not figure out what had happened: he could not understand why the Lee was out of action: he asked Zinc if they had been hit.
In spite of his deafness, he heard Landel ask:
"Why did you ram the wall?"
"Do what?"
"Why did you hit the wall?"