`` because it gets thicker when you 're turned on . '' `` be good to her , '' jack said quietly . i vaguely realize that daylight is fading , that night is getting closer , but just like that , in an abstract fashion that does not apply to me , to us . why would they want us to come here ? `` she had little to say when we talked . '' just do n't hurt me , '' i whispered and closed my eyes . 