`` thanks for taking me out to see a bit of the city . '' she waved him along to the door on her right . i was n't there when my grandfather died and i never got to know him like i wish i had . i did n't want to know about those other , darker things . the sound seemed like it might go on forever , but finally it faded . president ordered the soldiers not to shoot at anyone , unless the enemy shot first . now he was the one staring into that far corner . 