i wave my hand in the air like he does sometimes to emphasize my point . `` she always makes it back home . '' he , d asked that once , in just those words , and she , d laughed . that did n't take the fight out of her , and he was in too much pain to try and calm her down . i put my arms around him and bent a little to kiss him . they 're longer , shaped a little differently . she could see the worry in his eyes . 