he felt the tears coming again and turned away from the others , standing when it was n't enough to keep them from spilling over . there 's got ta be more , right ? we have a tie between us now . he was n't going to say anything more on the subject . i could stare at them all day . instead , he 'd hoped for the best and recently he 'd noticed the wound had started to heal . power surged through him , built and built until he felt alive , really alive . 