`` we ... that 's not how the change works . '' `` you may play this game of pretend , but i 'm done . i recognize it from the weird little windows . he smiled at me , his teeth still hiding beneath his lips . if you hide out too long , the story becomes more interesting because theyll smell a story . he knocked on the door and went into the room . i wondered then , if i practiced being someone else every day for long enough , whether that could eventually become reality . 