`` but something sure talked inside my head , and it did n't just talk to me-i believed what it said , like i was convinced . '' it smelled of sleep and dead skin and faintly of urine . i reached out a hand , albeit there was only a foot or less between us . then two , no , three explosions in the distance . 'no indeed , and we hate complaining . my eyelashes fluttered shut , heavy with exhaustion , but i forced them open . 