after an awkward silence , ms. mayer spoke again . `` go on , '' he replied , smiling at me . we must destroy the great wizard . i was freaking about everyone else reading my paper because it was so personal . as it fell , a petal slipped from the pages and fluttered to the ground . `` i 'm not fast enough to keep up , and apparently i ca n't be trusted with the safety of the princess . '' i realized immediately that he actual y had been control ing his reaction . 