`` the people seem surprised , '' rand found himself saying . like he could see something in those trees i was n't able to . i was kind of getting it now . after all , everyone knew too well the power of the shining metal . `` because the things that used to seem so terribly important are so clearly not , '' she said , the last of her giggles gone . she could n't go back to heaven because she did n't have her wings . never full , jaws just get tired of chewing . '' 