it choked him , too , but it cleared the ash and then he was coughing it all out and breathing water and ash but also air , and not dying . `` i already told you `` `` yes , and i believe you . putting the other on my hip , i posed like a prop girl showing off a new car . `` been here two weeks , earth time . what shocked him even more was that what she 'd just accused him of had never once crossed his mind . 