when maggie could only splutter in reply , gawking and gaping around herself again , then shrugging helplessly , he added : when i finally found you , when i finally brought you up from that soul-trace on top of the temple , youyour spiritfled , margarita , but not back to the leading edge of your experience , as i fully expected , but here , deep within its aecxal core , in a place human beings can only intuit , but where , in your quieter moments , you suspect exists .