`` i am here , '' jasmine whispered as her lips pulled from his . at the same time , seeing him in pain gives me a kind of sick satisfaction . he said in a voice loud enough for the surrounding men to hear them . some with white beards , some with eight arms . she dropped her gaze to the blanket beneath them . the instructor pointed to ben 's shirt . such days never failed to inspire her . he jerked awake , leapt out of bed . his bones broke one by one in mid-flight . 