they worry about flood and crop-failure and enemy attack , and almost any disease can come and steal their lives . `` a man has been captured approaching the palace . did n't take a big leap to figure out she might want to meet the mayor 's husband . i stomp hard on his foot , which i fired a bullet into less than a month ago . `` he must have known she was coming . 'is that a kind of , like , sign ? ' 