i thought about whether or not i should bring up the alien idea so he could tell me i was crazy and there was no way that it could be true . i did n't buy that as the reason i was here , but i 'd play along . in front of him , the ball of energy had grown to nearly half his size . a few floating toys bob about the milk and cereal in the oversized bowl . i wonder what they were both going to do now that they could no longer be together . 