`` i 'd do anything to avoid being like them , '' he said softly . a girl who would try to shoot me dead for kissing her . i turn down a new tunnel going right . `` what is it you 're getting at ? '' i do n't know what to say , and as hard as i try to keep from crying , more tears fill my eyes . he moved closer , peered around the arm of the swing . he realizes he is just a man . 