        “In,” she said, repeating it several times until he understood.  She wrote the word while levitating the marbles into the box.  Strangely, instead of taking notes, he was watching the marbles float with a look she couldn’t quite figure out.  It seemed almost like amazed terror.  His mouth was hanging open, and his eyes were darting around towards the woods and the water.  Frowning, she pulled the marbles back out of the box and set them on the sand again.  Was this a gesture that had some other meaning to his culture?