it did n't seem to matter that they did n't speak . nick moved like an eighty-year-old man , head down and struggling for balance . `` i want to talk to you , and we have to make it fast . '' it was loud enough to echo around the buildings . `` he could n't be here for the appointment , but he wants to be involved . '' bubbles of information popped in claires mind like fizzing champagne . we could have changed the world tonight if things had gone a little differently . 