[ todd ] `` the world awaits , '' the mayor says , taking my arm , pulling me away from viola , his eyes on the crowd cheering him , roaring for him , and i see that the projeckshuns are still running , the probes still programmed to follow us , follow him , and there we are on the walls of the buildings around the square , the mayor leading the way , me being pulled along behind him , viola still standing on the ramp with bradley and wilf coming down behind her- `` listen to them , todd , '' the mayor says to me and again i feel the hum- the hum of joy- i feel it even in the roar of the crowd- `` we can really do it , '' he 's saying as the crowd parts before us , giving us room to walk to a new platform mr tate and mr o'hare musta cobbled together .