i need to know what they were thinking . `` 'a dozen candles burned themselves to death on the shelf before me . im not sure i moping times over , daughter . if it had ever really been there at all . we had come too far to end up being captured by them because of whatever letter he had hanging over our heads . `` i could n't identify him if my life depended on it . '' all around me people are screaming , shots are ringing out , and a burst of crimson shows where a bullet met its target . 