i was simply reminding you not to throw away your relationship with dirk simply because you remembered how you once felt for me . '' `` marc , you can find me when you 're ready to go back to work . '' any other creature would sense us as predator . `` i 'm sorry i came at such a bad time . '' i guess that i should watch my step . he is going to give the population an opportunity to mourn him . pieces of me lay scattered like shining splinters of crystal . 