i really did not want to travel to the cooler north and leave everything behind since this was the only home i had ever known . he didnt know how to put into words how happy that made him feel . still jumpy , i lowered my towel slowly , thinking of all the scary movies i 'd seen where there is another reflection in the mirror . he looked down at its face , the hands for the hours and minutes , the second hand a little twitching splinter of metal that never stopped . none of us can do that . 