it smelled like molding paper , and she sneezed helplessly when her frantic gasps filled her mouth and nose with dust . `` ace said you talked a few minutes ago . she asked , whats the matter , my son ? not a thing at all , because i 'd known about his past before i 'd ever touched the man . nobody went to school and nobody worked . we gave him a sample of your song , and he wants to direct it . '' `` i think for some vampires , it 's like that , too . 