she felt him tense before he pulled back . `` you have no idea , '' i muttered , tearing open the package . like he had been doing it forever . theres no making it worse now . when she did n't respond , he waved his arms wildly as if he were trying to fly . she could hear him suck his teeth . because i ca n't help it , i wonder for the thousandth time if he 's warm enough . just beyond the bridge , a wall of fog stood guard at the foot of the forest . 