'she wanted to make a speech , but since about all she really wanted to say was , `` you ca n't do this , '' we cut her off . ' `` just knock , '' she said before returning to her post . it was n't until many days later , in the middle of the ocean , that he realized his mother had called him a man . have you been in touch with him about what 's going on ? '' someone had spray-painted wildcats rule on a wall that had once been red and was now a faded pink . 