he would n't have been able to raise me as a ghoul otherwise . '' she looked down at her lap , ashamed , and saw the red f again . the quickest fastest most direct route . it was hard to say at that point which of us was the most inanimate . i have the notion that if i were to suddenly jump from a tall window , id be invincible . it was obvious that now the dogs were playing rather than working , chasing each other and rolling in the snow . 