`` no , not yet , but i 'm going to . '' furniture stores and places to buy food , both ready to eat and not , were on every corner . when we finally did meet formally a few days later , my fate was sealed . i tried to talk to her for a while , but i 'm just no good with this sort of thing . next we told stories about what life would be like for us in twenty years time . probably , her pride made her loose contact with people and she ultimately lost her expressions . 