`` now is n't the time to ask me that question . '' he is going to be a little while . i understand , rush , far better than you know . '' it blinked twice in her direction . she tried to get a hold of herself , but her emotions felt like a runaway train . i pushed my way through that narrow opening , and suddenly the world was full of ... tiger . looking down on and judging me from above . `` the two-story drop to my death . '' 