got it on the first try ! he looked at the time and then tossed it to the boy , who snatched it out of the air with ease . it was the night he finally realized what i could do , when i killed every living thing in the insect house at the zoo , everything but us . from under the shadow of a wood lily , i stood motionless and searched for the smell of people . you carried that letter , slept with it next to you . 