i raise my eyebrows at her and say , so who or what do you think they are ? `` gone somewhere else , '' the partial said with an effort . his hands run up the backs of my thighs , cup my backside . `` we 're to go on a scavenger hunt . '' `` of course i want you to show me the book . '' you do n't want to be so silly , he told himself as he grew older . time to cut the final thread . and tell her i have pizza in the freeze . 