through the windshield , he could see the water rushing toward them . no one had ever asked her that before . i was so nervous and the sweat was rolling down my face , even though it was n't hot in the room at all . hoppy could only stare at the recorder . maybe he 's nothing like my father at all . it was a long time until the dawn . he could spend hours looking out of the window and it would seem to him that everything around him had come alive . how can there be no one ? '' 