“Or was he saying, "Hi! Wanna play?"And I did. Of course I did.”

“And what did you do last night, Dexter? Oh, I played with my dolls while a friend chopped up my sister.”

“She had searched for just the right guy; sensitive and gentle and willing to wait. Quite a long search, of course. She was looking for some imaginary man who cared more about having someone to talk to and see movies with than he needed to have sex, because she was just Not Ready for That. Did I say imaginary? Well yes. Human men are not like that.”

“I did not like this feeling of having feelings.”

“Of course it was a terrible thing, and the world would be a much better place without someone in it who could do that, but did that mean we had to miss lunch?”

“I waved to everybody. Some of themeven waved back. They knew me, had seen me go by before, always cheerful, a big hello for everybody. He was such a nice man. Very friendly. I can’t believe he did those horrible things . . .”

“Oh, I wanted this killer stopped, brought to justice, yes, certainly - but did it have to be so soon?”