sophia watched various drivers and passengers roll down their windows to inspect these goods while inching forward . perhaps he was right , and an alien monster was stalking us from the woods . yet he had just the wit to play the part that i set him . this conversation is going in a bad direction . why the hell would i chase after a guy who walked out on me ? '' i suppose all of our lives are in a kind of holding pattern until we get this over and done with , and behind us . 