`` it 's a really big deal-they 're thinking of offering her a scholarship . '' `` but see , it could be a cure , could n't it ? he had no idea what to say to this young girl . as though they had every right to be out here in the middle of the desert in the vast darkness . he rested his cheek against mine . she had straight , shoulder length thin brown hair . `` it 's the first of many ships , we hope . 