[ todd ] my brain explodes , burning and raging with everything he fires at it and it ai n't nothing like a slap at all , it 's like fiery metal poked right into the centre of who i am , and as i jump forward to catch viola , it hits me so hard my head snaps back and here it comes again , the mayor 's voice but somehow my voice , too , somehow hers as well and all of 'em saying yer nothing yer nothing yer nothing yer nothing- our bodies are still moving together and i feel us tumble into one another , feel the top of her skull crack into my mouth , and yer nothing yer nothing yer nothing she falls into my chest and my fumbling arms and we twist down onto the rubble together , a siren ripping off the roof of my head yer nothing yer nothing yer nothing and i feel the rifle fall and bounce away and i feel the weight of her against me and i hear her as if from the other side of the moons and she 's calling my name and yer nothing she 's saying `` todd '' yer nothing yer nothing she 's saying `` todd ! ''