I feel his heartbeat against my cheek,as fast as my own. "Are you afraid of me, too, Tobias?" "Terrified," he replies with a smile.

He doesn’t scowl, but his mouth is so tense that I know he’s angry with me. 'Don’t be an idiot,' he says. 'An idiot?' Is he talking about the blanket? 'You were lying.

Well, technology is supposed to make life better," she says. "No matter what you believe, there's a technology out there for you.

I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second. I can’t help it. To me there’s a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.

Sometimes,” he says, sliding his arm across my shoulders, “people just want to be happy, even if it’s not real.

though he does not touch me, he steadies me.

It's like he knows, he knows I have a thing for her.