it was all his fault thomas was in this state to begin with . she did n't even have a cell phone stuffed into one of her pants pockets . all of that was even harder because he was still trying to figure out how the body was supposed to work . a few of them stopped playing to stare at him , both boys and girls , but there did n't seem to be anything extraordinary about them . every so often , she said things like , `` dad ... but ... 