she glanced down into her lap . she pushed away from the table and went after him . `` you mean the friends of life guy ? i could never remember if i still had it . jake invited his friends and played with it together . i remember how it trembled in the screens , like small alien creatures , sent to bear witness ; how i wished that it were real snow and would bury me when i slept . for all i knew , the murder could already be happening right now ! were they actually fighting over her ? 