there was no sense giving the man an opening to change his mind . i 'm not sure your grandfather would approve . `` thought you might like to know about the visitor i just had . '' he should have burned his fingers on the little knob you pulled to open the hatch , and when it was open , that coin-sized sun should have burned the skin right off his face . in the old world id lived in the suburbs . fail any class and this all goes away . '' 