`` like if you could feel the roots of things alive under the ground , twisting and living and growing , even though you ca n't see them , but it 's not just underground , it 's everywhere , all around , and it 's faster than roots growing and bigger , bigger than anything- '' `` and it 's warm and alive and- '' they spoke the next words in unison- '' and it carries you along with it '' -and stood staring at each other .