to her , she was n't much to look at . `` because you 're not any of those things , '' i answered simply . nothing passed his lips but a soft whimper . time to get some shut-eye , do n't you think ? '' or the wrong choice of words . `` i get to keep my body when i die . `` we could kill two birds with one stone , so to speak . '' from the other side of the galaxy , they came . she looked to her own parents and her older brother . 