i hear- i look down- davy 's looking up at me- his noise swirling- swirling with askings and confuzhun and fear- and todd ? - todd ? - i 'm sorry- i 'm sorry- `` davy , don't- '' i start to say- but his noise is still swirling- and i see- i see- i see the truth- here at the last- he 's showing me the truth- the thing he 's been hiding from me- about ben- all in a messy rush- pictures of ben racing up the road towards davy- pictures of davy 's horse rearing- pictures of davy firing his gun as he falls- pictures of the bullet hitting ben in the chest- pictures of ben staggering out into the bushes- davy too scared to go after him- davy too scared to tell me the truth after- after i became his only friend- i did n't mean it , his noise is saying- `` davy- '' i say- i 'm sorry , he thinks- and that 's the truth all over- he is sorry- for everything- for prentisstown- for viola- for ben- for every failure and every wrong- for letting his pa down- and he 's looking up at me- and he 's begging me- he 's begging me- like i 'm the only one who can forgive him- like it 's only me who 's got the power- todd ? - please- and all i can say is `` davy- '' and the fright and the terror in his noise is too much- it 's too much- and then it stops .