`` shut up- '' `` if you win , you take over the world- '' `` i do n't want- '' `` but if i win- '' and suddenly he 's showing me his noise- the first time i 've seen it , seen all of it , in i do n't know how long , maybe even old prentisstown , maybe not ever- and it 's cold , colder even than this freezing beach- and it 's empty- the voice of the world surrounds him like the black beyond coming in to crush him under an impossible weight- knowing me made it bearable for him for a while but now- he wants to destroy it , destroy everything- and i realize that 's what he wants- that 's what he wants more than anything- to hear nothing- and the hate of it , the hate in his noise , of his noise , is so strong , i do n't know if i 'm gon na be able to beat it , he 's stronger than me , he 's always been stronger , and i 'm looking straight into the emptiness of him , the emptiness that lets him destroy and destroy and i do n't know if- `` todd ! ''