her eyes met mine , and i wanted to dig out my heart and slap it into her hands . he goes into the kitchen where there is a wall phone and calls for the time . my brain , like a skipping record , seemed to be stuck on stream-of-consciousness questions . i laughed , and turned to throw my things at the foot of the bed . its gotten advanced through the years so were able to thaw frozen people from the past . i was told bits about what happened . 