" She really talks to you, doesn't she?" She asked. " it's not just you talking to her. She talks BACK." " hel, half the time she starts it." I said, half-defensively. " I know it's weird." " Well, yes, it's weird. Technically, I think it's insane. But who am I to judge?" Maggie shrugged. " I live in a house most people view as the setting of a horror movie waiting to happen, with an army of security ninjas and a couple dozen epileptic dogs for company. I don't think I'm qualified to pass judgement on 'weird'. "