At first I'm dreamin', lost in my memories, watchin' images of Manchee, Prentisstown, the awful, violent noise that I used to hear every day. But suddenly I'm bein' pulled away from my dream and I can hear a voice, a girl's voice, and I realise it's Viola, that Viola is right here next to me, and that I think I can hear her noise-

'Mornin', Todd.'

And I wonder if she can hear my noise too-

'Christmas … Lee … lights … wake up, Todd … party …'

And I realise that I am, I'm catching little bits of her Noise and I can tell what she's thinking, and I wonder again if she's hearing me too-

'Todd?'

And now her Noise is full of asking marks and I feel like holding her in my arms once again, because it feels like so long ago, last time I got to hold her-

'Todd ! TODD ! You're awake!'

Her noise is overflowing with the same happiness as mine-
I know she can hear me, and I can hear her-
And I can feel her hand on my arm, shaking me-
And I feel strong again, like I can get up at last-
And while I'm thinking these thought I can hear Viola going 'come on, wake up Todd' and there is nothing in the world I want more than to make Viola happy-
So I try moving my hand, and at first I feel like it's not gonna move, like it's stuck there and I'll never be able to move it again, but then I manage to move it-
And I'm holding Viola's hand, and her Noise is so overflowing with happiness that I'm sure the whole of New World is feeling it at the same time-
I try moving my other arm, and this is amazing, because I can finally control my body again, and I try to open my eyes-
And I see Viola.

She's standing over me watching me in awe and I swear nobody has ever been as beautiful as she is in this moment, and as I'm thinking that, she blushes and squeezes my hand a bit tighter, and I hear her noise just exploding with all the emotion, and she's looking back on everything she's been through while I was asleep, all the doubts and the fear and the hope (and it makes my eyes a bit wet)-

(Stop it-)
(But I'm only just holding in the tears-)
(Stop it-)
(I ain't gonna cry, I ain't-)

And I try to pull myself up, so I'm sitting instead of lying-
And she's there, for real, not just a memory, like in my head-
And I try to stand up, but I lose my balance, and she catches me, and we both crash to the ground, and we're both laughing like idiots for a moment before she helps me up. I manage to stay up this time, and we're holding hands and I'm just staring into her big brown eyes and realising that this is the first time I've seen her in ages, and she's thinking the same happy thoughts about me and both our Noises combined are louder than anything I've ever heard.

She's grown almost as tall as me now, I notice as she leans in towards me, and I lean towards her-

And we kiss for the second time ever-

And I feel like I'll never be unhappy again, as long as she's here.
I think of the Spackle, how they call their loved one their 'one in particular' and I find myself thinking of her as my one in particular, and she says :

'Don't you leave me Todd, not ever again.'

To which I reply :

'No, I won't.'