`` i just wanted to let you know that i had nothing to do with it . '' `` i 'd best help marco with the dessert . belatedly , i signaled them to move and i ran . but as we journeyed up the mountain , i didnt see him once . somehow better than what he was used to because it was plain and homemade . the maintenance man was still studying him when the pair turned and headed toward the doors into the kitchen . the cracked ceiling appears to breathe , rising and falling at frightening speeds . 