she stared at the playing-card-sized prints . i tried to bite back my laugh and failed . that was not the islander way at all , but he found himself attracted by it . it was her favorite , but she had no idea how he knew that . `` i thought you said you do n't know how to cook . '' `` you come from the exact same world . '' see if our parents are still there . which was a fairly apt description , now that she thought of it . he was n't going to be up for long . 