she beamed at sam and then leaned to whisper into jennifer 's ear , `` they do n't make much money , you know . '' all the false wizards said their funny words and then nothing happened and they looked at their hands in horror and very few of them , in fact , had the sense to run away . ' whooping your ass will be funny . he had that thoughtful expression i knew so well , the one that told me he was turning over all sorts of things in his head . 