she imagined that if she reached far enough , she just might be able to touch one . eighteen months later , we are here . `` and refused to take me back when the need was still there . '' when she didnt , he asked her : so what was it ? it 's not like the transition from immortality to mortality , and mortality to death , is identical . i grabbed his arms to keep from falling . `` please tell me that dude is n't my real father or something like that ! '' 