still , i do n't want to hassle her . the lines of the elevator car lay cut , bunched , tangled . `` sorry we were gone so long . '' but now resources were simply too scarce . he had taken the time to pull on a pair of jeans , but that was all . the creature was still standing there , and the exchange went much more comfortably this time . he 'd turn into a puddle of goo by the time he crossed the charles river . 