the fangs , or the door ripping ? '' `` damn it , joy , it 's about time . you know he does n't like you that way , right ? '' it was better to let others start it so he could finish it . surely there 's more to it than that . lois was wearing a plain , black dress out of respect for her dead husband , which was probably more respect than shed shown him in years . he could hear himself breathing in the blessed quiet . 