Tesh refused to count higher than twelve. The way he saw it, beyond that, there weren’t any more real numbers—at least not any with their own names. What followed were those queer ten numbers that were repeats: four-ten, five-ten, six-ten. And everyone mispronounced them like Edgar just had. Instead of five and ten, he called it fifteen. As far as Tesh was concerned, thirteen was the most dangerous number because it was the first one that went beyond the acceptable range.
