" I poke at my skull with a finger. It didn't feel soft or anything. I didn't feel insane. But if you'd really lost it, would you have enough left to know? Crazy people never thought they were crazy. " I've always talked to things," I said. " And to myself." " Good point," myself agreed with me. " Unless that means you've been nuts all along." " I don't need wiseass remarks," I told myself severely. " There's work to do. So shut up. "