her father smiled and shook his head , not letting her get away with a subject change . tiny grinned and opened his arms . by now , however , melody had up a good dozen of her unicorns . now he remembered certain office-building elevators he 'd been in while making deliveries , buildings with banks or investment firms in them , mostly . but ... can they work , hampered by ankle-chains ? cousins , aunts ... first nephews twice removed . '' knowing i was the only one who got to see him like this . 