`` how much of that was spent fighting ? '' she had put on her embroidered green dress , one of her nicer ones . and now his name is flashing on the screen of my phone . i did n't look at her or tag the question with a name . the thump of many footsteps against concrete suggested security were answering the alarm . for my last two years of high school , i watched him ... disintegrate . `` you do n't sound all that excited . '' 