Cynthia said, her voice slurred, and she reached out to tug Chad down.

Her mother's raspy voice and slurred words came through the phone.

"That's where we came from," he said, his voice slurring.

"I will not die here," he said, his voice slurred.

On the phone, a woman answered, her voice slurred, obviously drunk.

The voice was slurring as the man slipped toward death.

I think he fell back asleep about then, because his voice slurred, and he said no more after that.

"You seem to know everything," the man said, his voice slurred.

She could hear Tengu how much her voice was slurring.

"He had a stroke many years ago," she explained, her voice still slurring words.