and he 's looking into my eyes , terrified , his noise wheeling wildly out of control , spinning with terror and pain- `` no , '' i say , `` no no no no no- '' and i can barely hear the hoofbeats of the battlemore still racing for us- barely hear another set of hoofbeats behind that- hear ben 's voice echoing across the sand- wait , he 's yelling- `` todd ? ''