`` do you know where my brother is ? '' i do stuff like that too , and i dont have your excuse . `` you 're letting me go first ? '' the thought sent a chill up her back when you say never out of your sight `` of course not . '' `` i thought you were occupied , '' i changed the subject . the tree is only an idea given form . coral signaled , and she joined their formation . i would rather have her in my life as a friend then not have her at all . '' 