I don't know how much time passes with us just lying there, just feeling that the other is really there, really true, really alive, feeling the safety of him, his weight against mine, the roughness of his fingers touching my face, his warmth and his smell and the dustiness of his clothes, and we barely speak.
Patrick NessAs to how you'll help me," he says. "Well, we have met the Answer, have we not?" He turns back to look at us, his eyes glinting. "It's time for them to meet the Ask.
Patrick NessViola? Keep calling for meโ And Iโll keep searching for youโ And Iโll find youโ You bet yer life on itโ Iโll find youโ Keep calling for me, Violaโ Cuz here I come.
Patrick NessI was born into all that, all that mess, the over-crowded swamp and the over-crowded sematary and the not-crowded-enough town, so I donโt remember nothing, donโt remember a world without Noise. My pa died of sickness before I was born and then my ma died, of course, no surprises there. Ben and Cillian took me in, raised me. Ben says my ma was the last of the women but everyone says that about everyoneโs ma. Ben may not be lying, he believes itโs true, but who knows?
Patrick Ness