the water was more than cold . maybe it was because he called me out on my feelings . why was it right to step on one growing thing and not on another ? as he watched , the symbol , which should have been white , shifted through an angry orange color to dark red . and it was selfish and horrible of him , but he put up no further argument . why would we have holes in our clothes ? `` mercer stole that from me , and it 's mine . '' 