worlds all squashed together like peas in a sack , or hidden inside one another like bubbles inside other bubbles . he expected jasmine to ask if he was okay , but she did n't . ivy somehow knew the birds were testing her in some way . he feared the couple were looking for him to supply something he simply did n't have . he did n't know where he was going ; all he knew was that he had to get away from the monster . she pulled up at the curb opposite its main entrance . 