the questions came rapidly , one after another , from the other end of the radio . `` this new ark of ours is out on dry land once and for all . he seemed to be working himself up into a state . when i opened them , the birds wings were already flapping against my hands . then she thought there was something wrong with her cheap cell phone . the desolate ruin had punished him for taking so long to get here . theirs is a great love story , and one i understand . 