the bus tilts , its back end lifting into the air . 'the rho territory may have been destroyed , but it is my home . if i do get a leave it would be terribly kind of you to let us meet again . it was only an off chance . `` but `` `` she 's not in the mood for discussion just now . '' she rolls her bottom lip into her mouth , raking it across her teeth . hes an uppity one , the first biker said . 