`` of course you 're not , '' he said . how desolate it must be to live in darkness at all hours , without the relief which light can bring . forcing a smile , i told him i would pass along his message , but inside i started to crumble . he just has no use for it . the rest of her team cheered her on as well , then slowly her home town fans started in . a day pushing us closer to the middle of the second decade of the twenty-first century . 