you could walk right by it , and never know it was there . i spent many hours helping her before she died when i was ten . `` nature makes do with the same stuff . still , gray remembered a strange moment when he first got back from the mission . corned beef on rye , lean , with extra mustard and a slice of pickle . `` why have n't you called me back ? '' our eyes locked for a moment , caught up in each other . of his bones are coral made . 