but there was something else there , too , something digging round in my head for a minute , like when the mayor does it but faster , sleeker , and it were n't like it was coming from the spackle in front of us neither , it was like there was some kinda mind behind his , reaching thru him and reading me , reading my truth , no matter if i was quiet- like there was just one voice in the whole world and it was talking only to me- and it heard that i meant it .