repeating in my head

you are all dead !"

"But how did you ever get here?" I asked.

"I came in this. It had a hole in it, and I went through, and then found this. We could not get this out of there because my power is too low."

"You have to have power," I said. "Power is essential because that's what we are looking for."

"Then it was a mistake to come here."

I shook my head, as if I were throwing myself against the wall.

"Why were we all here?" she murmured. She put her hand over my mouth.

"'Cause," she said. "We have to be."

"Who is that?" I asked. I was getting very angry all of a sudden.

"I don't know," she told me. "I saw you as a boy—and I'm a bit confused. I'm not a part of the family, but I thought I knew what I was doing. I thought that you had to be