`` you ... your piercing ... it 's ... '' she quit talking altogether , her body telling him everything he needed to know . he cut so fast that there was a constant whistling sound in the air as the blade cut through it . he had pushed her that night until almost all the damage had been repaired . no one would ever know who i was , or where i was or came from , or even where i would go . they committed to marry each other on christmas eve . 