personally , he could live without it , but he remembered her delighted expression when she talked about seeing the lights . there was just more of her to look good . `` should we have a talk with dirt face after school ? '' shed think you were a real hoot ! or ... would they find something stranger yet , stranger by far , unlike anything they knew in this world ? the door to enter was padded with buttoned black leather . when he said it like that i felt a little silly and immature . 