`` it 's better when it 's the two of us , is n't it ? '' `` -but she would n't let go of althea 's body , so they made an example of her ; they tore althea away and kicked miss wren to the ground , and one of the soldiers fired his machine pistol into the ceiling just to scare us . i continued chopping up mice bits and ground my teeth . he turned to me with his arms crossed on his chest . dale 's dad was waiting for him . '' 