she headed around the edge of the wall toward the right , moving easily through the growing dusk . maybe he was now finding his own ghost . `` by the same token , she does n't know about you . '' he needed joey , but joey was gone , too . `` but there 's a stink to this all around . thats the creek we saw yesterday . concentration , and the magic he could work with it , was going to be key . i was back there , and it was all real again . '' 