surprisingly the bug tasted salty and crunchy , like she was eating a whole sunflower seed , shell and all . surely , no one whose opinion is worth listening to . it was useless to run away , so i stood and looked at them . she raised one eyebrow in a clear challenge . i wish i had your knack for knowing things like that , mike . `` tell me you are n't , '' storm said , his voice flat . she just was n't ready to talk to him about the past again . 