she looked down at their combined hands . a sales person asked as he approached , pushing one . `` i 'm sorry , '' she said , but she could not quite hide her smile . we got off the logs and slumped to the ground , sitting side by side , still in silence . they managed to bring her back , but stole her from me for hours to perform tests . ***round table*** this is frustrating , trying to find where the missing piece is n't . 