why we really followed you was to offer you the usual greeting for a new neighbor , the welcome party at our house . '' his scent filled my head making me forget what i was doing . that it will lead us to a river of the same stuff i have no doubt . i step toward him , wondering if this is a game and that i 'm being played . again and again he swung his sword back and forth in the same downward diagonal motion , stopping frequently to catch his breath . 