`` this is new to her , she 's never been around anything your people can do until now ; of course she 's going to deny it , to her it does n't make sense , '' she walked over to hand principal saint his cup of tea , but turned back to address me soothingly , `` it did n't make sense to me either the first time i saw what your people could do , '' aunt syl sat back down with me on the bed and put an arm across my shoulders .