i leaned over , pressed a kiss to his forehead . a few minutes later dawn flew back in and turned herself back into her human form . `` when we leave here , the woman will be coming with us . '' i looked up at him , and it was good that i 'd had lots of practice staring way up at very tall people and being tough while i did it . i would have made something up for higgens . '' there was no dark figure anywhere . 