six o'clock
It 's only TK , though , and I do n't suppose much of that . Just enough , the cops will tell you , to make him a good man at picking locks and earn his nickname -- Keys . People like Crescas run to a pattern . I left my number in about ten of the spots he might turn up , and around six o'clock one of them hit pay dirt . I pressed the `` Accept '' key when the phone rang , and Keys Crescas ' olive face and curly black hair filled the screen . His black eyes had that lively watchfulness you associate with Psis . He had the gain way down and the aperture wide , so that he was n't in focus any farther back than his ears .