" That leads out?” I thought I had asked it, but maybe I had just been thinking it. Peter’s mother seemed to be the one that had voiced the question. “What’s that noise?” Small Shirt asked. “Please be the ice cream man,” I hoped. Jed was looking at me strangely. “I said that out loud again didn’t I?” I asked him. He nodded. "

― Mark Tufo , Mark's Merry Mayhem